Matt Kenny, a white police officer in Wisconsin’s capitol city of Madison, killed the teenage Robinson back in March after shooting the Melanoid teen in the stairwell of his apartment. Police Chief Mike Koval spoke with the press on Wednesday, stating that they found that Kenny followed ‘proper procedure’ after his encounter with Robinson on that fateful March day.

Koval further elaborated on the matter, saying that “Matt has withstood scrutiny and is entitled to pursue his passion and his passion is to be a police officer serving the Madison community,” said Koval. “I am not going to strong-arm someone to resign, retire or relocate, particularly when there has been no fault found. He is his own master of his own universe.”

Here is the video footage of Madison Police Chief Mike Koval’s press conference with the media on Wednesday.

In spite of Madison Police Department’s reassurance that its officer’s actions were justified, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) delivered a countering statement: “Too many killings have taken place, whether or not police officers violated the law or departmental policy,” said Chris Ahmuty, the Executive Director of the ACLU of Wisconsin. “Either the Madison Police Department’s policies or its internal investigations are deficient. The recurring violence carried out by the Madison Police Department will continue, unless the Madison Police Department finds better ways to handle critical incidents.”

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by B. Clark

The November 2012 murder of two Melanoid car passengers– Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams –occurred after the vehicle that Mr. Russell was driving at the time, backfired, which the officers claimed were gunshots. This justified their reasoning for killing the two passengers, who were later found to be unarmed. The newly acquitted cop, Michael Brelo, stood on the hood of the vehicle and shot a minimum of 15 shots into the car’s front seat, which inevitably took the lives of the unarmed Russell and Williams.

The firing of 15 shots took place after the officers had already shot the vehicle a whopping 137 times, with each of the passengers being struck at least 20 times each.

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by B. Clark