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(CNN) — District Attorney Ismael Ozanne of Dane County, Wisconsin, will take a national stage Tuesday, when he is expected to announce whether Officer Matt Kenny of the Madison Police Department will face charges in the shooting death of an unarmed biracial man, 19-year-old Tony Robinson, on March 6.

Ozanne is no newcomer to Wisconsin or its politics.

A sixth-generation Wisconsonite, he is the first African-American district attorney in state history, hails from a pro-union family in an increasingly anti-union state, and unsuccessfully ran for attorney general as a Democrat in last year’s primary.

Here are five things to know about the latest local prosecutor to garner national attention in a controversy over a police shooting.

Wisconsin’s first black DA

Ozanne became the first African-American district attorney in Wisconsin history in August 2010, when former Wisconsin Gov.

Jim Doyle, a Democrat, appointed him as Dane County district attorney.

Ozanne’s