The state Senate has approved a bill that would expand situations where authorities could conduct strip searches.

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The Milwaukee City Council approved a $5 million settlement Tuesday with dozens of African-American men who alleged illegal strip searches by police.

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A federal judge has denied the city of Milwaukee’s requests that he step aside from his involvement in four strip search cases.

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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.

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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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Several Wisconsin residents were sentenced in 2013 for decades-old crimes, while new slayings left residents horrified.

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A Milwaukee County judge has sentenced a former police officer to 20 days in jail for "not stepping up" when fellow officers were performing illegal searches of suspects.

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Four Milwaukee police officers accused of illegal strip searches have pleaded not guilty to charges.

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Prosecutors can proceed with a case against four Milwaukee police officers charged with conducting illegal strip searches of suspects, a judge ruled Friday.

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A prosecutor says criminal charges are being filed against four Milwaukee police officers accused of illegally strip searching suspects.

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The city of Beloit has agreed to pay an Illinois teen $265,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that he was illegally strip-searched and subjected to police brutality.

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During oral arguments that focused on the difficult task of line drawing, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tried to determine if the strip search of a county jail inmate, erroneously arrested on a warrant for a minor offense, violated the Fourth Amendment.

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