A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit stemming from the non-fatal shooting of Damiso Lee by Wauwatosa police officers in April 2022. In a court document filed in late September, U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig said that among the reasons he issued the summary judgement were the fact that Lee was armed with a handgun, disobeyed officer commands and attempted to run.
A month before the shooting Lee, who was 17 years-old at the time, had reported his car stolen to the Milwaukee Police Department. Lee never called the department to say that he found the car, so it was still listed as stolen when Wauwatosa officer Evan Olson noticed it driving around one evening.
“The [automatic license plate reader] alert was categorized as ‘high,’ indicating that the vehicle had been involved in a felony offense,” a court document detailing Ludwig’s reasons for dismissing the case stated. The document mentions that Lee was returning home after picking up a Doordash order when he drove past Olson. He acknowledged in a deposition that he was in possession of a Glock Model 22 handgun…