Manney use of force in Hamilton shooting ruled "justified self-defense," will not face charges

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office released a report on Monday morning, December 22nd that indicates former Milwaukee Police Officer Christopher Manney's "use of force" in the shooting death of 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton was "justified self-defense and that defense cannot be reasonably overcome to establish a basis to charge Officer Manney with a crime."

"The death of Dontre Hamilton is a tragedy to everyone involved.  My decision is that charges will not be issued against Officer Manney," said Chisholm.

It is a decision that many, even the family of Dontre Hamilton, say they expected.

"I am deeply aware of the very real and serious reasons for concern that are not swayed by passion or judgment of making these decisions regardless of how popular or unpopular that decision is," said Chisholm.

Chishold sought advice from local and national use-of-force experts before bringing charges against Manney.

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In the report released Monday, Chisholm concluded the following:

As part of the report released on Monday, District Attorney John Chisholm consulted with a national use of force expert, Emanuel Kapelsohn of the Peregrine Corporation. Kapelsohn was given access to all materials in this investigation -- concluded the following:

Manney's statement is included in the report released by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office. In the statement, he says the following:

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