Community criticism of the department 's practices resurfaced after MPD officer Matt Kenny shot Tony Robinson , an unarmed man . The shooting was particularly controversial given the context of the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement . Due to new Wisconsin state legislation that addresses the mechanisms under which officer-on-civilian violence is handled by state prosecutors , proceedings were handed over to a special unit of the Wisconsin Department of Justice in Madison . On March 27 , 2015 , the state concluded its investigation and gave its findings to Ismael Ozanne , the district attorney of Dane County . On May 12 , 2015 , Ozanne determined that the shooting was justified self-defense
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