Joseph Mensah civil retrial ends with a hung jury again

The Brief

  • The second civil trial for former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah ended with a hung jury, again.
  • Mensah shot and killed 17-year-old Alvin Cole outside Mayfair Mall in 2020.
  • While the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office did not charge him in Cole’s death, his family filed a federal lawsuit against him.

WAUWATOSA, Wis. A hung jury…again.

On Thursday, Sept. 11, the jury couldn’t agree on whether a former Wauwatosa police officer used excessive force in the death of Alvin Cole.

Joseph Mensah shot and killed 17-year-old Alvin Cole outside Mayfair Mall in 2020.

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