The parents of a teenager who was one of three people killed by a former Wisconsin police officer over a five-year span filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday alleging that he used excessive force and that the department he worked for “embraces and promotes” racism. Alvin Cole's parents, Tracy and Albert Cole, are seeking unspecified damages from former Wauwatosa Officer Joseph Mensah, the city's former police chief, Barry Weber, and its insurance company in connection with their son's death. Alvin Cole was the third person Mensah shot and killed during a five-year stretch with the Wauwatosa Police Department.
A former police officer in Wisconsin killed three people over five years. The family of one of the teens who was killed filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Thursday.
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