they tell me that what happened in new york is a tragedy. and they say it s the same tragedy here in this case, they say it shouldn t be condoned. and the mother of the victim tells me she s not surprised by this decision. outrage on the streets of milwaukee. after the d.a. announced a former city police officer would not face charges in shooting death of a mentally ill suspect, dontre hamilton back in april. his use of force was privileged and was justified. manney says hamilton resisted a put-down and the two exchanged punches. i don t even know if i was hit, it was close quarters, i need an officer to help me. this newly released audio captures manney calling in for help. he started beating me, and he
u.s. rights department will determine if the department should pursue a federal rights that coming after decline to charge christopher manney with a crime after shooting hamilton 13 times. he said he believed he was in danger. he was not fired for the killing itself but was fired for failing to follow department rules in the moments leading up to the altercation. the district attorney maintain s former officer s use of deadly force was justified. under these facts and circles, he was confronted with a situation that posed a real threat of death or great bodily harm. was he justified in using force. was the amount of force appropriate. my conclusion is, yes. hamilton s family said that
well, that is the question. evidence that we ve seen, we ve seen photographs that were taken of christopher manney shortly after. i will tell you there were no visible injuries to his neck, his head, his face, the upper part of his body. that doesn t seem to be consistent with someone who is being struck in the head. even if you hear manney on the original tape when he calls back in it dispatch. he s not even sure he s actually hit. we have a lot of concerns as to whether those injuries are significant and whether indeed he did have this feeling of being in imminent threat of great bodily injury or death to just dpi the shooting. that s what we have the concern about. let alone the 14 times. tom what do you make of the outcome. they have a new law in wisconsin that has an independent investigative body. there s a question as to whether or not the investigative body involves current or former milwaukee police officers. they looked at it he asked for an outside use of force expert an
in the shooting death of a black man with mental illness. officer christopher manney shot dontre hamilton more than a dozen times. he said he was forced to take action after hamilton grabbed his baton and struck him with it. the d.a. s office said manney acted in self-defense. although he was fired after the altercation for breaking protocol. the feds have opened a civil rights probe into the case. avlgts new report by house republicans states a certain bias. ster stems from the targeting of conservative groups. extra scrutiny of tea party groups was isolated says obama administration. and resulted from confusing regulations. the salvation army got a diamond-encrusted cross, dropped into a boston area ketal week ago, the donor, an australian mother who left a note asking that the cross be sold and the money used to be help the less
grabbed my bat and was going to head me in the head with my own bat and shots fired. the officer shot hamilton 14 times. manney has since been fired for not following proper protocol, but now faces no charges. i ink he exercised extraordinarily bad judgment that day. that basically put him in a position where he had no alternative but to use deadly force. manney is the same officer seen in this bizarre cell phone video back in 2012, manney seen here throwing punches at a local activist dressed as a clown. police say the clown was darting in and out of traffic, going up to car s with a squirt gun and that he resisted arrest. in an exclusive interview with cnn, the victim s mother, maria hamilton tells me she thinks he s an overzealous cop who got away with murder. no mother should bury their child. to something this tragic. it is important to point out,