Milwaukee District Attorney said Wednesday he would not prosecute a Wisconsin police officer who fatally shot an armed black teenager in a mall parking lot in February, and closed a new protest over the murder.
Joseph Mensah, a black police officer with the Vovvotosa Police Department, refused to put up a firearm after shooting Alvin Cole, 17, a teenager, Feb. 2, and fled police after a confrontation at Mayfair Mall, John Chishom. , Milwaukee District Attorney, said Wednesday. He said officers reported that Mr. Cole pointed a gun at him at one point, and while fleeing he fired a gun.
“In this case, there is ample evidence that M Fischer Mensa had a real subjective belief that lethal force was necessary and that belief was justified,” Mr Chisholm said in a 14-page letter detailing his findings to the city’s police chief, Barry. Weber. “I do not believe that the state can deny self-defense or the defense of others in this case and therefore the officer will not be able to meet the burden required to charge Mensah.”
Officer Mensah’s lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Speaking to a crowd of supporters on Wednesday, Mr Cole’s sister, Televia Cole, called the district attorney a “fraud” and demanded that Officer Mansah be fired.
“Joseph Mensah shouldn’t have worked and he should never have worked,” he said during a news conference. “The fight is on. It doesn’t end here. ”
She added: “We are convinced that Joseph will be fired immediately. We’ve got it Make sure you don’t get a job as a police officer again. ”
Mr Chisholm’s decision was the third time in five years that the plaintiff had chosen not to charge M Fischer Mensah for fatally shooting someone, and the district attorney’s decision was protested Wednesday night, with many protesters ignoring the 7pm curfew. Police later that night Said a group of protesters threw rocks On law enforcement officers and those officers Tear gas is used To overcome the crowd.
પોલીસે વિરોધ પક્ષે કહ્યું, “વિરોધ પ્રદર્શન તરીકે જે શરૂ થયું તે જાહેર હુકમની મોટી ખલેલ બની ગઈ છે જેનાથી સંપત્તિને નુકસાન થયું છે, અને વ્યક્તિઓને ઈજા પહોંચાડવાની ધમકી આપવામાં આવી રહી છે,” પોલીસે ટ્વિટર પર જણાવ્યું હતું. The department said it had “ordered the dispersal” and “not complied.”
Demonstrations against racism and police violence have erupted across the country for months, with periodic protests over police killings around the town of Vavvatosa, about 48,000 people, five miles west of Milwaukee.
Demonstrations have been peaceful, with protesters marching through the city streets in the pouring rain and chanting the names of others shot dead by Officer Mensah. In 201 And, he shot and killed a man named Jay Anderson Jr. in his car after Mr. Anderson arrived for a gun. In 2015, Mfiser Mensa and another officer were shot dead by Antonio Gonzalez while wielding a sword when confronted by police.
Mr Chisholm’s decision came on the same day that an independent investigator released an 811-page report recommending the dismissal of Officer Mensah. Investigator Steven M. Biscuit said in its report that Mensah had made “inconsistent and misleading” statements about the cases.
In the case of Mr. Cole’s shooting, Mr. Biscuit said Mr. Cole did not fire at police officers during the business and accidentally shot himself in the hand.
According to the report, when M Fischer Mensah spoke about the shooting on a radio interview in July, he never corrected the host who said that “in fact the suspect ran out of the mall and shot you,” the report said.
Mr Biscopic, a former federal lawyer, said keeping Officer Mensah on the force would pose “an extraordinary, unauthorized and unnecessary risk” for the department and the city.
Michael Levenson contributed to the report.
