Civil jury deadlocks in police shooting death of teen in 2020

Milwaukee: After hung jury, federal judge rules for new trial in case of killer cop

Milwaukee, WI - On March 20, the jury in the federal civil trial of the Cole family against killer cop Joseph Mensah could not reach co...

Civil jury deadlocks in police shooting death of teen in 2020

A jury deadlocked Thursday on whether former Wauwatosa police Officer Joseph Mensah should have to pay damages to the family of a teen he shot to death in 2020.

Undecided jury leaves questions in Mensah trial

WAUWATOSA, Wis. – The fate for Joseph Mensah remains unknown at this time as the federal civil case against the former Wauwatosa police officer ended with a hung jury on Thursday afternoon. Mensah was a police officer with the Wauwatosa Police Department and had killed three people of color in a span of five years, including 17-year-old Alvin Cole outside the Mayfair Mall in 2020. After the Milwaukee County District Attorney did not pursue charg…

Joseph Mensah testifies in federal trial after fatally shooting  teen five years ago

Detective Joseph Mensah (right) testifies before the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety earlier this year. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner)The third day of the federal civil trial into the death of 17-year-old Alvin Cole featured testimony from Joseph Mensah, the officer who fatally shot Cole in 2020. Now a detective for the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department, Mensah was an  officer in the  Wauwatosa Police Department fo…

Joseph Mensah trial ends in hung jury; retrial set for September

Years after former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah shot and killed 17-year-old Alvin Cole, his trial ended in a hung jury.

Contradictory officer statements on Cole shooting come up during federal trial

The second day of the civil trial in the fatal police shooting of Alvin Cole began Tuesday morning with testimony from Evan Olson, one of the officers on the scene when Cole was shot on the night of Feb 2,…