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The officer, Rusten Sheskey, returned from administrative leave in late March. He was "found to have been acting within policy and will not be subjected to discipline," according to a statement Tuesday from Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis.
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The lawsuit was filed Thursday by civil rights attorney Ben Crump in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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The driver told police he had parked his Jeep at a gas station and walked over to a bakery. A short time later he saw his Jeep up against the Fairfield building across the street.
Read More →Nearly two months after he resigned from the Wauwatosa Police Department, Joseph Mensah was sworn in as a Waukesha County deputy Monday.
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In the e-mail Roman wrote that extremists who have “so visibly coopted the thin blue line flag” place officers at “greater risk.” She added, “The balance has tipped, and we must consider the cost of clinging to a symbol that is undeniably and inextricably linked to actions and beliefs antithetical to UWPD’s values.”
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District Attorney Michael Graveley said Officer Rusten Sheskey was justified in his use of deadly force. The other officers at the scene also will not be charged.
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Police in Grafton, WI, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Milwaukee, said in a statement that the department, FBI and Food and Drug Administration are “actively” investigating.
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Mensah, who has been suspended since July 15, has shot and killed three people in the line of duty in the last five years. All three of those shootings have been ruled justified self-defense by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office, including the most recent one in February.
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The suspect was arrested after a manhunt. He is reportedly wanted on an attempted homicide charge in Fargo, ND.
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Officer Joseph Mensah's attorney, Jonathan Cermele, said Mensah is "completely capable" of performing all of the aspects related to his job.
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