Hunter Foster, a former Senatobia, Miss., police officer, was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the death of Kohen Wiley by the Mississippi Attorney General\u2019s office earlier this week<\/p>\n
The police officer who fatally shot a 1-year-old boy in June while responding to an alleged shoplifting call in Mississippi has resigned from his job.<\/p>\n
Greg Graves, the mayor of Senatobia, Miss., confirmed to the Associated Press<\/a> and CBS News<\/a> on Friday, Oct. 23, that Hunter Foster \u2014 who was cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the Mississippi Attorney General\u2019s office earlier this week after a months-long probe into his use of force in the death of Kohen Wiley \u2014 resigned.<\/p>\n The resignation comes several days after the state released videos of the fatal shooting, including Foster\u2019s body-worn camera footage of the June 14 encounter<\/a> in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, about 40 miles south of Memphis, Tenn.<\/p>\n Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Wiley family, told AP that the newly released footage shows that the shot that killed Kohen came from the side of the car, disputing claims that Foster was in imminent danger. Crump called for the federal government to investigate the shooting.<\/p>\n \u201cOfficer Foster\u2019s resignation is hardly a step toward accountability, and it is certainly not justice,\u201d the attorney told the outlet. \u201cTurning in a badge does not erase responsibility for taking a life, and it will not end our fight for justice for Kohen and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Alex Gibert also confirmed to AP on Friday that Foster remained certified as a police officer, despite additional calls from the Wiley family\u2019s legal team for Foster to be decertified so that he cannot be hired by another law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n