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Federal judge slashes jury award in illegal-search lawsuit
A federal judge has slashed a jury's award from over $500,000 to just $60,000 in an illegal-search lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police Department.
Jury orders damages in Milwaukee strip-search case
A federal jury ruled Thursday that Milwaukee police officers violated a man's civil rights by strip-searching him in public without a legal reason and wrongfully arresting him.
3 officers in strip-search case deny wrongful acts
Three Milwaukee police officers accused of illegally strip-searching a man in 2012 testified in federal court Wednesday that their search was appropriate and that no nudity was publicly exposed.
Milwaukee man testifies about strip search
A Milwaukee man tells a federal jury that he felt humiliated and degraded when an officer touched his genitals during what the man says was an illegal strip search.
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