(CNN)
The
killer cop, Matt Kenny has had “use of force” issues since 2011. He was
exonerated in the fatal shooting of a 48-year-old man in 2007, in what the
records said was a "suicide by cop" incident. Kenny, now 45, kneed a
domestic violence suspect in the torso during a 2011 arrest, and kneed another
man and pinned him to the ground in 2013.
Police officials say that on
the night of the shooting, Kenny was called to an apartment over reports that
Robinson had been jumping in front of cars and assaulting people.
After hearing some commotion,
Kenny forced his way into the apartment and was attacked by Robinson, according
to police. Kenny responded by pulling out his gun and shooting Robinson, police
officials say.
According to the Wisconsin
State Journal, Robinson’s friends and family members have said he took
hallucinogenic mushrooms and was behaving erratically the day he was killed.
They reject the idea that Robinson was a threat to Kenny when he was shot, the newspaper
reports.
Officer Matt Kenny of the Madison Police
Department will not face charges over the shooting of 19-year-old Tony
Robinson, District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said today.
"I conclude that this
tragic and unfortunate death was the result of a lawful use of deadly police
force and that no charges should be brought against Officer Kenny in the death
of Tony Robinson Jr.," Ozanne said.
"My decision will not
bring Tony Robinson Jr. back," Ozanne told reporters. "My decision
will not end the racial disparities that exist in the justice system, in our justice
system. My decision is not based on emotion. Rather, this decision is based on
the facts as they have been investigated and reported to me."
Robinson, an unarmed biracial
man, was fatally shot by Kenny on March 6 in Madison, Wisconsin, setting off
days of protests in the city. His death came amid lingering tensions over the
killings by police elsewhere of other unarmed African-Americans that seized
national attention
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