
Four charges of felony murder were brought to the district attorney on Thursday in connection with the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell.
The charges were sent to the Milwaukee County district attorney’s office on July 5. The decision to bring charges has not yet been made by the District Attorney’s Office.
Neither the police nor the court had taken any action to apprehend the four individuals.
Hyatt Regency hotel security had Mitchell pinned to the ground and kneeling on his back when he died.
An “underlying charge of battery” was also filed against the four individuals, according to the Milwaukee Police Department on Friday.
The maximum penalty for felony murder in Wisconsin is fifteen years in jail. The maximum sentence for first-degree reckless homicide, on the other hand, is sixty years in prison. Life in prison without the possibility of parole is the sentence for first-degree pre-meditated murder.
Just about 4 pm on June 30, Mitchell, 43, died outside the Hyatt Regency hotel at 333 W. Kilbourn Ave. He was lifeless, with knees on parts of his back by hotel security.
George Floyd, a guy from Minneapolis, also died when cops pinned him down with their knees on his back; Mitchell’s death is reminiscent of that incident.
The Mitchell family’s attorney, Will Sulton, slammed the police on Thursday for failing to inform them of the decision to submit criminal charges and for failing to make arrests.
Along with prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Sulton has met with the District Attorney’s Office on several occasions to review evidence, including footage from inside the hotel.
Despite suggesting felony charges, Sulton stated that it is “shocking” that the police will not be pursuing arrests.
Protesters, including family, lawyers, and friends, gathered outside the court and police headquarters in downtown Milwaukee on Wednesday.
Two ladies reportedly heard Mitchell scream as he fled from Hyatt security and entered the women’s restroom, according to Sulton’s account of the incident. According to Sulton, Hyatt security “punched down” on Mitchell as he was leaving the restroom.
According to what Sulton claimed on Wednesday, “D’Vontaye was trying to run for his life.”.
On Wednesday night, the Hyatt hotel’s operator, Aimbridge Hospitality, said that it had terminated the employment of the individuals responsible for the event.