Mattioli was found not guilty for the 2020 cold blooded chokehold reckless homicide of Acevedo.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
November 10, 2023
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Friday, a Milwaukee County jury found Michael A. Mattioli, 36, a former Milwaukee police officer not guilty for the April 2020 brutal chokehold 1st-degree reckless homicide of Joel Acevedo, 25. Mattioli was facing up to 60 years in prison, if convicted.
According to the criminal complaint, Acevedo died days after suffering from brain injuries caused by battery resulting in blunt force trauma to the head when he was severely beaten Mattioli at a house party hosted by him in the Southside of Milwaukee.
Mattioli also held Acevedo in a chokehold for at least 11 minutes and 20 seconds, according to Attorney B'Ivory LeMarr, Acevedo's family lawyer who on April 14, 2023 filed a $15M civil lawsuit in Milwaukee County on behalf of the Acevedo family against former officer Mattioli, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales at the time (today, no longer chief) and Milwaukee Police Officer Robert Roach claiming that the Milwaukee Police Department allowed the use of a chokehold by officers.
Since Acevedo's murder, the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission banned the use of chokeholds by police officers while subduing individuals when detaining.
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