Justice for David Menton: Investigate His Police Killing
Justice for David Menton: Investigate His Police Killing
The Issue
On the night of April 7, David Ducado Menton — a 42-year-old father figure, brother, and friend from Solon Springs, Wisconsin — was shot and killed by a Superior police officer during a physical altercation following a routine warrant stop. He was not accused of a violent crime. He was not a threat to the community. He was a man who, by all accounts of those who loved him, would give anything he had to the people around him. Now he is gone, and his family and friends are left with no answers.
The officer involved was wearing a body camera that night. That footage exists. And the Superior Police Department has not released it.
David's loved ones deserve to see what happened. So does the public. Body camera footage is one of the most basic tools we have for understanding what occurs during police encounters — and withholding it only deepens the pain of an already grieving community. We are calling on the Superior Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice to release the body camera footage from the April 7 shooting without further delay.
We are also calling on Douglas County District Attorney's Office to conduct a serious, independent review of whether deadly force was legally justified in this situation. David Menton had an outstanding warrant — a non-violent legal matter. According to witnesses at the scene, he was on the ground when the officer fired. A warrant for a missed court date is not a death sentence. The threshold for the use of deadly force must be scrutinized carefully, and the DA's office must be transparent with the public about how and why it reaches its conclusions.
The people who knew him best describe a man full of love, humor, and loyalty — someone who didn't have much but gave freely. "He's gonna be missed by a lot of people in this community," said his friend Kyle Dodrill. His family cannot bring him back. But they can fight for the truth about how he died — and they shouldn't have to do it alone.
Sign this petition to demand the release of the body camera footage and a full, transparent review of the use of force that took David Menton's life.
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The Issue
On the night of April 7, David Ducado Menton — a 42-year-old father figure, brother, and friend from Solon Springs, Wisconsin — was shot and killed by a Superior police officer during a physical altercation following a routine warrant stop. He was not accused of a violent crime. He was not a threat to the community. He was a man who, by all accounts of those who loved him, would give anything he had to the people around him. Now he is gone, and his family and friends are left with no answers.
The officer involved was wearing a body camera that night. That footage exists. And the Superior Police Department has not released it.
David's loved ones deserve to see what happened. So does the public. Body camera footage is one of the most basic tools we have for understanding what occurs during police encounters — and withholding it only deepens the pain of an already grieving community. We are calling on the Superior Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice to release the body camera footage from the April 7 shooting without further delay.
We are also calling on Douglas County District Attorney's Office to conduct a serious, independent review of whether deadly force was legally justified in this situation. David Menton had an outstanding warrant — a non-violent legal matter. According to witnesses at the scene, he was on the ground when the officer fired. A warrant for a missed court date is not a death sentence. The threshold for the use of deadly force must be scrutinized carefully, and the DA's office must be transparent with the public about how and why it reaches its conclusions.
The people who knew him best describe a man full of love, humor, and loyalty — someone who didn't have much but gave freely. "He's gonna be missed by a lot of people in this community," said his friend Kyle Dodrill. His family cannot bring him back. But they can fight for the truth about how he died — and they shouldn't have to do it alone.
Sign this petition to demand the release of the body camera footage and a full, transparent review of the use of force that took David Menton's life.
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Petition created on April 14, 2026