5-13-15 madison police shooting-no charges against officer

A Wisconsin prosecutor says a white Madison police officer who shot an unarmed biracial man to death in March will not be charged because the officer used lawful deadly force.  Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said Officer Matt Kenny had been punched in the head and feared for his life when he shot 19-year-old Tony Robinson Jr.  Ozanne spent some 25 minutes laying out investigative findings in the case. He said multiple witnesses and 911 callers described Robinson punching a friend, attacking pedestrians and screaming on a street near his apartment house.  One caller said he feared both for himself and for Robinson.  Ozanne said Officer Kenny also thought another person in the apartment was in danger when he entered it just before the fatal shooting.  Meanwhile the police chief in Madison, Wisconsin, says a police officer cleared of charges Tuesday in a fatal shooting in March will remain on administrative leave.  A prosecutor said Officer Matt Kenny used lawful deadly force in the shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson because he had been punched in the head and feared for his life. The death of Robinson, who is biracial, at the hands of a white police officer had sparked protests in Madison.  Chief Mike Koval says an internal policy review is needed to determine if Officer Kenny violated any procedure in responding to the call that ended in Robinson’s death. He says he expects to have results of an investigation in another week or so. Koval says he knows some people will want to be arrested at demonstrations following the decision. He says the city is indebted to Robinson’s family for calling for protests to be peaceful.