Special prosecutors say former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah intentionally caused the shooting death of Jay Anderson, Jr., but they will not charge him. The decision validates a district attorney's finding years ago that Mensah had acted in self-defense when he shot Anderson, Jr. The special prosecutors, Milwaukee attorney Scott Hansen and La Crosse County … [Read more...] about Special prosecutors won’t charge former Wauwatosa officer in Jay Anderson, Jr.’s death
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Wauwatosa police officer will be charged in the 2016 slaying of Jay Anderson
A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday, July 25, 2021, found probable cause to charge a police officer in the 2016 slaying of a Black man who was sitting in a parked car, taking the rare step of overruling prosecutors years after they declined to charge the officer. Milwaukee County Judge Glenn Yamahiro said probable cause existed to charge Joseph Mensah with homicide by negligent … [Read more...] about Wauwatosa police officer will be charged in the 2016 slaying of Jay Anderson
Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah suspended by city’s Police and Fire Commission
Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah has been suspended by the city’s Police and Fire Commission (PFC). The unanimous vote by five commissioners, done virtually over Zoom because of the pandemic, came as part of a special meeting on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, that accepted administrative charges filed against Mensah by the family of Jay Anderson. “This is not a criminal … [Read more...] about Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah suspended by city’s Police and Fire Commission
Families of 3 people killed by same Wauwatosa police officer protest, file complaints; Common Council responds with plans for body cameras
All over Wauwatosa on Thursday, June 18, 2020, calls for justice could be heard as the families of three people -- all of whom were killed by the same Wauwatosa police officer -- filed citizen complaints. Four years after Jay Anderson Jr.'s death, his family filed a citizen complaint against the officer who killed him. Police Officer Joseph Mensah has killed three people in … [Read more...] about Families of 3 people killed by same Wauwatosa police officer protest, file complaints; Common Council responds with plans for body cameras