A Wisconsin prosecutor declined on Tuesday to file charges against white police officer Rusten Sheskey who shot a Black man seven times in the back in Kenosha, concluding he couldn`t disprove Sheskey`s contention that he acted in self-defence.

The decision, which met with swift criticism from civil rights advocates and some public officials, threatened to reignite protests that rocked the city after the August 23 shooting of Jacob Blake, who is now paralysed.