The federal civil trial in the shooting death of Alvin Cole by Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah began in Milwaukee.

A Sarpy County judge said Monday that a Bellevue man charged with second-degree murder will be held without bail.

More testimonies are planned for Tuesday from police officers, experts, the medical examiner who did the autopsy, and, possibly, Joseph Mensah.

The parents of 17-year-old Alvin Cole filed the federal lawsuit against Joseph Mensah in connection to the Feb. 2, 2020, shooting. The suit claims then-officer Mensah, the former police chief and the ...