MADISON, Wis. — Particular prosecutors have been anticipated to announce Wednesday whether or not they’ll file fees in opposition to a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy who killed a person in a park six years in the past when he was a suburban Milwaukee police officer.
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Wisconsin officer who killed man in park could face charges
Mensah resigned from the Wauwatosa division in November 2020 and joined the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Division.
Particular prosecutor Scott Hansen and La Crosse County District Legal professional Tim Gruenke are anticipated to announce their charging choice throughout a listening to Wednesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court docket. They beforehand mentioned they are going to both draft a felony grievance, or a report back to be made public explaining intimately why no fees have been being introduced.
Hansen mentioned final week that he and Gruenke deliberate to announce the charging choice at Wednesday’s listening to, barring unexpected circumstances.
Milwaukee County District Legal professional John Chisholm’s workplace selected to not cost Mensah with felony wrongdoing in Anderson’s dying or the 2 others.
However Anderson’s household’s lawyer used a John Doe continuing, a little-known Wisconsin authorized maneuver much like a grand jury inquiry, to steer a choose 11 months in the past that there was possible trigger to assist fees in opposition to Mensah in Anderson’s dying and to persuade him to nominate particular prosecutors to resolve whether or not to file any counts.
Mensah joined the Wauwatosa division in 2015, the yr he fatally shot Antonio Gonzales. Prosecutors mentioned Gonzales refused to drop a sword. The next yr he shot Anderson within the park. Final yr he fatally shot 17-year-old Alvin Cole as he fled from police following a disturbance in a mall. Mensah mentioned Cole pointed a gun at him. That capturing sparked months of protests.
Mensah is Black. Gonzales recognized as American Indian. Anderson and Cole have been Black.