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Milwaukee Council OKs $3.4 Million Settlement Of Police Stop-And-Frisk Lawsuit

The class-action suit accused officers of making more than 350,000 stops targeting black and Latino people without reasonable suspicion.

The city of Milwaukee has approved a $3.4 million settlement over its police department's alleged stop-and-frisk practices, more than a year after a lawsuit accused Milwaukee officers of targeting black and Latino people through racial profiling.

Milwaukee police made more than 350,000 unlawful stops between 2010 and

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