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October 13, 2020

Mother of Black Teen Killed by Police in Wauwatosa, WI, Arrested During Protests
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In Wisconsin, the Wauwatosa police chief said he had no reason to fire
the police officer who shot and killed a Black teenager, Alvin Cole, in
February. Seventeen-year-old Alvin Cole was the third person the
officer, Joseph Mensah - who is also Black - fatally shot in the past
five years. Milwaukee's district attorney cleared Mensah last week in
the killing, sparking protests which were met with police tear gas and
scores of arrests. Alvin Cole's mother, Tracy Cole, and his two sisters
were among those arrested. Tracy Cole's arrest was live-streamed on
Facebook; she can be heard saying, "I can't breathe," after police hit
her in the head during the violent arrest.


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