A Mississippi police officer has resigned, officials said Friday — just days after the state said the officer’s actions were justified in a June shooting that resulted in the death of a 1-year-old boy and led to widespread outrage.

The incident unfolded June 14 when Senatobia officers and Tate County deputies followed Kohen Wiley’s mother and her friend to their car. “Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one,” the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said in a statement at the time.

“Stop the car!” officers yell, body camera footage released by DPS Thursday shows, but the car continues forward appearing to move toward at least one of the officers before Foster, who’s standing in front of the vehicle towards the passenger’s side, shoots into the car.

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      5 days ago

      To be honest I can’t recall any story of a cop killing themselves after a bad shoot. That would require morals and shame.

      They probably need a better man to do it for them.

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        PTSD is common in cops. Several officers that defended the capitol on Jan 6th committed suicide

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          They might have felt like failures, and were betrayed by their country in the end.

          This motherfucker should feel like a failure, but probably doesn’t.

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      Sucks that it’s more likely Hunter Foster has already been offered a job with a pay raise at some other Mississippi cop shop that likes his style. At least they finally released the fuckers’ name so people can try to keep tabs on him.