Officer Matt Kenny of the Madison Police Department will not face charges over the shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson, District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said today.
"I conclude that this tragic and unfortunate death was the result of a lawful use of deadly police force and that no charges should be brought against Officer Kenny in the death of Tony Robinson Jr.," Ozanne said.
"My decision will not bring Tony Robinson Jr. Back," Ozanne told reporters. "My decision will not end the racial disparities that exist in the justice system, in our justice system. My decision is not based on emotion. Rather, this decision is based on the facts as they have been investigated and reported to me."
Robinson, an unarmed biracial man, was fatally shot by Kenny on March 6 in Madison, Wisconsin, setting off days of protests in the city. His death came amid lingering tensions over the killings by police elsewhere of other unarmed African-Americans that seized national attention. Ref. CNN
Milwaukee Cop Brutally Punches Woman Caught on Police Dash Cam:
The city of Milwaukee has settled a civil rights lawsuit filed in 2014 by a woman who was punched in the face and dragged from a patrol vehicle by an out of control officer- on video. Now taxpayers are stuck with the check, locked in a battle to fire the officer. Ref. Source 1m
Police subdue naked man, accidentally light him on fire. Police officers arrested a 32-year-old Manitowoc, Wisdom., man Sunday evening for standing in the street without any clothes on. Then things went bad. Source 9s.
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Maybe if he acted more like an adult and less like a child the police wouldn't have had to stun him. Then, his beard and chest wouldn't have caught on fire and he wouldn't be charged with resisting arrest. I just don't feel too bad for this guy.