Police: Officer physically assaulted, shot at by protesters at home in Milwaukee suburb

Wauwatosa, WI (WDJT) — Wauwatosa police said a large group of protesters targeted the private home of Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah on Saturday, Aug. 8, injuring him and his girlfriend in the process.

The group, estimated to be between 50 and 60 people, began to vandalize Mensah’s home near 100th and Vienna around 8 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Wauwatosa Police Department.

Mensah killed three people in the line of duty in a span of five years. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office had already ruled two of Mensah’s deadly shootings, including that of Jay Anderson Jr. in 2016, as self defense. The third, the deadly shooting of Alvin Cole at Mayfair Mall earlier this year, is still under review.... (Read more)

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