Immunity for White Cops who Murder Black Men. From [HERE] and [HERE] In one of the most highly anticipated legal decisions in recent memory, white Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced Monday that white Milwaukee police officer Christopher Manney will not be charged in the fatal shooting of Dontre Hamilton at Red Arrow Park.

Chisholm determined that Manney's use of force was justified self-defense.

Hamilton's family has repeatedly called for Manney, who has since been fired, to face criminal charges.

Speaking to supporters outside the federal courthouse in Milwaukee, Hamilton's brother Nathaniel said he and the other family members would not waver in their determination. "We deserve justice," he said. "Justice is our right."

U.S. Attorney James Santelle confirmed Monday afternoon that the U.S. Department of Justice will undertake a federal review of the case. The FBI and U.S. attorney's office already have the investigative materials, Chisholm said. "We were informed that they were conducting their own review, but they can give us no timeline for when they'll come to their decision," Chisholm said. "As I said, I anticipate the venue will move from the state level to the federal level next."

Manney shot Hamilton 14 times on April 30 during a confrontation at Red Arrow Park.

Before the encounter, a pair of officers responding to a call that Hamilton was asleep in the park checked on him twice and found he was doing nothing wrong. When Manney arrived, he was not aware that other officers had preceded him.

Police Chief Edward Flynn fired Manney in October, saying he ignored department policy and treated Hamilton as a criminal by frisking him. Flynn has said Hamilton resisted arrest and that he and Manney exchanged punches before Hamilton grabbed the officer's baton and hit him with it. Manney then shot Hamilton 14 times.

Manney then shot Hamilton repeatedly.

However, a Starbucks employee who witnessed the incident said, "[the cop] lunged at Dontre to retrieve his weapon but missed. I never witnessed Dontre attack Chris. Dontre only reacted to Chris’ lunge, in what appeared to be, a purely defensive way. After missing, Chris was frozen for a second, then reached down for his side arm. When he pulled this weapon out, I had a sickly feeling about what was going to happen next. Chris didn’t say anything to Dontre.  Nothing like “calm down”, or “back away”, or anything of the sort, with his brandished firearm. He had his gun pointed at Dontre from about 10 feet away for a couple seconds.  That’s when I heard the shots."