Wisconsin police officer who fatally shot 3 people in past 5 years to get $130K for resigning

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Wisconsin police officer who fatally shot 3 people in past 5 years to get $130K for resigning​

Protesters called for Joseph Mensah to be fired after fatal shooting of Black teen​

The Associated Press · Posted: Nov 18, 2020

A suburban Milwaukee police officer who has fatally shot three people in the line of duty since 2015, including a teenager outside a mall in February, is expected to receive about $130,000 US for resigning from the force.

The Wauwatosa Common Council approved a separation agreement with Joseph Mensah on Tuesday night, effective Nov. 30. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has ruled all three shootings by Mensah were justified self-defence.

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Mensah, a suburban Milwaukee police officer who has fatally shot three people in the line of duty since 2015, including Cole, is resigning from the Wauwatosa Police Department. He is expected to receive about $130,000 US. (Wauwatosa Police Department/The Associated Press)

Wisconsin also saw protests in August, after another Wisconsin officer shot a Black man, Jacob Blake, seven times in the back in Kenosha in front of his sons. Two protesters were shot by an armed civilian in the days following the original shooting.
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I kind of wonder if he might have been challenged more out on the street.
 
The kid at the mall is said to have pulled a gun on him, which would justify the cop shooting. It wouldn’t surprise me.
 
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