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DA declines to press charges against Wisc. officer, cites victim's use of controlled substances
Published May 12, 2015
·Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. – A white Wisconsin police officer won't face criminal charges for fatally shooting an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man who witnesses say was acting erratically and had assaulted two people, a prosecutor announced Tuesday.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said he won't file charges against Madison Officer Matt Kenny in the death of Tony Robinson. Kenny shot Robinson on March 6 in an apartment house near the state Capitol building.
Police said Kenny was responding to calls that Robinson was running in and out of traffic and had assaulted two people, and Kenny was attacked when he entered the apartment house.
Ozanne spent some 25 minutes laying out the results of an investigation, citing three 911 callers whose accounts meshed with that from police. The callers described Robinson punching a friend, jumping in front of a car, punching one 911 caller in the face and assaulting two people on the sidewalk. One caller feared for both his safety and Robinson's, Ozanne said.
When Kenny reached the apartment building, he heard incoherent yelling, screaming, what sounded like a fist hitting something and items being thrown or breaking. Kenny thought Robinson was upstairs and might be attacking someone, Ozanne said.
When the officer ran in and upstairs with his weapon drawn, he announced his presence, and almost immediately was punched in the side of the head by Robinson, according to Ozanne. Kenny said he fell back on the stairs, and fearing for his life and the other person he thought was in the apartment if he had his weapon taken, Kenny seven shots in the span of three seconds, Ozanne said. Kenny was giving aid to Robinson when paramedics arrived, he said.
"I conclude that his 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," Ozanne said.
Ozanne, who is biracial but identifies as black, stressed his own makeup before announcing his decision.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/12/da-declines-to-press-charges-against-wisc-officer-citing-victim-was-on/
DA declines to press charges against Wisc. officer, cites victim's use of controlled substances
Published May 12, 2015
·Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. – A white Wisconsin police officer won't face criminal charges for fatally shooting an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man who witnesses say was acting erratically and had assaulted two people, a prosecutor announced Tuesday.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said he won't file charges against Madison Officer Matt Kenny in the death of Tony Robinson. Kenny shot Robinson on March 6 in an apartment house near the state Capitol building.
Police said Kenny was responding to calls that Robinson was running in and out of traffic and had assaulted two people, and Kenny was attacked when he entered the apartment house.
Ozanne spent some 25 minutes laying out the results of an investigation, citing three 911 callers whose accounts meshed with that from police. The callers described Robinson punching a friend, jumping in front of a car, punching one 911 caller in the face and assaulting two people on the sidewalk. One caller feared for both his safety and Robinson's, Ozanne said.
When Kenny reached the apartment building, he heard incoherent yelling, screaming, what sounded like a fist hitting something and items being thrown or breaking. Kenny thought Robinson was upstairs and might be attacking someone, Ozanne said.
When the officer ran in and upstairs with his weapon drawn, he announced his presence, and almost immediately was punched in the side of the head by Robinson, according to Ozanne. Kenny said he fell back on the stairs, and fearing for his life and the other person he thought was in the apartment if he had his weapon taken, Kenny seven shots in the span of three seconds, Ozanne said. Kenny was giving aid to Robinson when paramedics arrived, he said.
"I conclude that his 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," Ozanne said.
Ozanne, who is biracial but identifies as black, stressed his own makeup before announcing his decision.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/12/da-declines-to-press-charges-against-wisc-officer-citing-victim-was-on/
