Wauwatosa police Officer Joseph Mensah
Posted on 08/10/2020 6:19:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
Wauwatosa police say Officer Joseph Mensah was physically assaulted outside his home Saturday night and a single shotgun round was fired into the home after a group of 50 to 60 people gathered there to protest the officer who has fatally shot three people over five years.
Mensah's record has caught national attention and spurred multiple protests locally. He was suspended with pay in July by the Wauwatosa Police and Fire Commission, and the families of his three victims say they plan to pursue legal action.
On Saturday, protesters began to vandalize Mensah's home around 8:05 p.m., according to a news release from Wauwatosa police. Mensah "attempted to establish a dialog but was ultimately physically assaulted," the release said.
As Mensah went inside, "armed protesters approached the rear door and a single shotgun round was discharged by a member of the group into Officer Mensah’s backdoor," the release continues. Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah
Several other police departments were called to help disperse the crowd.
In a Facebook post, Mensah said he was home with his girlfriend and that the shotgun shell missed hitting him by inches.
“I am all for peaceful protests, even against me, but this was anything but peaceful,” Mensah wrote.
“The irony in all of this is that they chanted Black Lives Matter the entire time, but had zero regard for any of the black children that live there or me, a black man,” his post continued.
Investigators were still at the scene of the incident at 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Toilet paper could be seen hanging from the trees outside the home.
Investigators had left by Sunday afternoon, but a Wauwatosa Police Department squad car was parked outside.
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Wauwatosa police Officer Joseph Mensah
He just wasn’t “black enough”.
I am thinking my next home is going to made from foxblocks (https://www.foxblocks.com/). Insulated foam blocks stacked to form the walls and then concrete filled.
Should provide some level of ballistic resistance.
Yes, but would it protect you from shotgun 'shells'?..........
I thought i read elsewhere that he was unarmed at the tome.
> He just wasn’t “black enough”.
Blue cancels black.
He wasn’t ‘brandishing’ a weapon, if I read correctly........................
Damn DemocRATS to hell...
They don’t want any black police. The fact that rioters are white and police are black, is not helpful to their narrative.
LOL, I missed that one!
These bullets hit my house!.........
YHVH (God) protect this man.
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