杰克·布鲁克 一个1岁男童的家属周四表示，在观看了现场警察佩戴的执法记录仪拍摄的视频后，他们不认为这起枪击事件是正当的。该男童在密西西比州一名警察向行驶中的车辆开枪时被击中身亡。
JACK BROOK The family of a 1-year-old boy who was fatally shot when a police officer fired into a moving vehicle in Mississippi said Thursday they do not believe the shooting was justified after reviewing videos from officers’ body-worn cameras at the scene.
科恩·怀利的近亲属观看了6月份在塞纳托比亚一家沃尔玛停车场拍摄的录像，该地位于田纳西州孟菲斯以南约40英里（65公里）处。视频中包含开枪击毙科恩的塞纳托比亚警官佩戴的执法记录仪拍摄的画面。
Kohen Wiley’s close relatives watched the footage shot during the June encounter in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Memphis, Tennessee. The video included footage from the camera worn by the Senatobia police officer who shot and killed Kohen.
代表科恩家属的民权律师本·克伦普在周四的新闻发布会上表示，科恩本应在11月初迎来他的二岁生日。
Kohen would have celebrated his second birthday in early November, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Kohen’s family, said during a news conference Thursday.
本周早些时候，一项州级调查认定萨金特·亨特·福斯特在该枪击事件中不存在刑事不当行为。事发时，他和其他警官正在追捕两名被指控盗窃的女子。密西西比州检察长办公室表示，其审查认定这起致命枪击属于正当使用武力。
Earlier this week, a state investigation cleared Sgt. Hunter Foster of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting that happened as he and other officers chased two women accused of shoplifting. The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office said its review found the fatal shooting was a justified use of force.
“‘正当’这个词一直困扰着我，”科恩的外祖母维罗尼卡·罗伯森在新闻发布会上说，“根本没有任何正当理由。”罗伯森说，她是从新闻报道中得知州政府已为该警官开脱，周三她还在网上看到了部分被泄露的视频。她称检察长办公室未通知家属以及视频被泄露是对她家庭的“耳光”。预计该视频将于周四下午向媒体发布。
“The word ‘justified’ has haunted me,” Kohen’s maternal grandmother, Veronica Roberson, said during the news conference. “There’s no justification for that.”Roberson said she found out from reading the news that the state had cleared the officer, and she also saw parts of the video that had been leaked online Wednesday. She called the lack of notice from the AG’s office and the leak of the footage a “slap in the face” to her family. The footage is expected to be released to media Thursday afternoon.
克伦普表示，警方的反应——拔枪冲向车辆以逮捕涉嫌盗窃者——是过度且鲁莽的。
Crump said the officers’ response — running at the vehicle with guns drawn to apprehend alleged shoplifters — was excessive and reckless.
根据州和县法院记录，科恩的母亲韦莱西娅·怀利此前否认她和朋友从商店偷窃尿布，且她们未被起诉。
Kohen’s mother, Vellesiya Wiley, previously denied that she and her friend stole diapers from the store and they have not been charged, according to state and county court records.
“尿布是母亲给孩子必需的东西。尿布绝不能让婴儿付出生命的代价，”克伦普说。“这个决定传递出一个信息：一个黑人男婴，他的生命，不如包裹他的白色尿布有价值。”代表福斯特的律师马丁·祖马赫曾表示，录像为他的当事人正名，因为他当时面临行驶车辆的威胁，“别无选择”，只能开枪。
“Diapers are something a mother needs for a child. Diapers should never cost a baby their life,” Crump said. “This decision sends a message that a Black baby boy, his life, is not as valuable as the white diapers that he is wrapped in.”Martin Zummach, an attorney representing Foster, has said the footage vindicates his client because he was in danger from the moving vehicle and had “no choice” but to fire his gun.
“她径直冲向亨特·福斯特和另一名警官，他不得不开枪，”祖马赫说。维莱西娅·怀利反驳称，当时驾驶的朋友并未冲向警官。
“She came right at Hunter Foster and the other officer and he had to shoot his weapon,” Zummach said. Vellesiya Wiley has disputed that her friend, who was driving, headed toward the officers.
克伦普说，录像显示致命一枪来自车身侧面，这反驳了福斯特面临迫在眉睫危险的说法。家属委托的独立尸检得出了相同结论。一张车辆照片显示，右前乘客侧车窗已破碎。家属的法律团队呼吁联邦政府介入调查这起枪击案。
Crump said the footage shows the fatal shot came from the side of the car, disputing that Foster was in imminent danger. An independent autopsy commissioned by the family concluded the same. An image of the vehicle shows its shattered right front passenger window. The family’s legal team called for the federal government to investigate the shooting.