The Racine County officers who shot and killed Timothy Burgess during a traffic stop on May 22 won't be charged, District Attorney Patricia Hanson announced Monday, July 24.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice investigation revealed "no basis to prosecute."
It started with a call for shots fired in Mount Pleasant on May 21. Police said Burgess fired at his wife, and a child in the home called 911.
Hours later, police tried to pull over a Range Rover and said Burgess ran, hiding in tall grass at Clayton Park.
"You’re going to jail regardless, so you might as well come out now," an officer told Burgess.
Police said Burgess refused to come out, telling officers he was unarmed.
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I’m kind of confused.. did that officer just shoot into another group of other officers?
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Yeah, i'm surprised they all lived after that. I guess they knew the cops were wearing bullet proof vests and the perp wasn't.
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That’s absolutely no excuse. Those Kevlar bullet proof vest aren’t rated to stop rifle rounds. Even that ballistic shield they are using is more than likely rated only for handguns. Even if they were you still don’t chance a crossfire like that.
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Yeah I wonder why they did chance it
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The guy was to their left in the bushes. They apparently trust the shit out of each other tho cause fuck that
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Cause fuck that is right! Wow
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The suspect was hidden in the bushes to the left of the shield, its quite hard to see in this video. There's a drone footage in Police Activity's YouTube channel, unfortunately it's censored.
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