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<p>MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has charged a police officer in the 2016 slaying of a Black man, years after prosecutors declined to file charges.</p><p>Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Glenn Yamahiro charged Joseph Mensah on Wednesday with homicide by negligent use of a weapon in the shooting death of Jay Anderson Jr. in Wauwatosa in 2016.</p>

WAUWATOSA - Police are investigating an incident that happened at the residence of suspended Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8. While police said it happened at the residence of the officer who has killed three people in the line of duty in five years, in a Facebook post, Mensah said it happened at his girlfriend's house. According to police, a group of approximately 50-60 people "targeted and began to vandalize" the home on 100th Street and Vienna Street. "It was a whole lot of police cars and taped off," said Rita Evans, neighbor. "I...

Police are investigating an incident that happened at the residence of suspended Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8. According to police, a group of approximately 50-60 people "targeted and began to vandalize" the home on 100th Street and Vienna Street. Officer Mensah attempted to communicate with the group but was physically assaulted outside his home, according to a release from Wauwatosa police around 11 a.m. Sunday.  As the officer made his way back into his home, police said "armed protestors" approached the rear door and a single shotgun round was discharged into the back door.  The...