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Civil Rights Sports 

Bucks Player Agrees to $750K Settlement Over Arrest

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
basketball, Excessive Force, Milwaukee, Settlement

Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018.

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Health National Politics 

Biden to Skip Democratic Convention in Milwaukee as Virus Cases Rise

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 ANDY MONSERUD
convention, coronavirus, Democrats, Joe Biden, Milwaukee

Citing the worsening pandemic, Democrats announced Wednesday that their 2020 national convention will be almost entirely virtual, with speakers including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden appearing via video rather than traveling to Milwaukee as originally planned.

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Civil Rights Government 

Chokehold

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 BRIEF
evidence, Milwaukee, police body cameras, Police Killing

José and Maribel Acevedo sued the Milwaukee Police Department in Milwaukee County Court for police body cam videos and a 911-call recording of an April 19 incident in which Milwaukee police allegedly choked their son to death.

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Latest Headlines Regional 

Multiple People Dead in Milwaukee Shooting at Molson Coors

February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
beer, Mass Shooting, Milwaukee

Multiple people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said.

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Appeals Civil Rights Criminal 

Civil Rights

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 BRIEF
dbrief5, Milwaukee, prisons, safety, Seventh Circuit

The Seventh Circuit affirmed a ruling for prison officials on a prisoner’s claim that they deprived him of proper medical care by allowing him to come into possession of a pair of scissors, which he used to cut off his penis.

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National Politics 

Milwaukee to Host 2020 Democratic National Convention

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 JOE KELLY
convention, Democratic National Committee, Elections, Milwaukee

After months of speculation and campaigning, Milwaukee was officially selected Monday to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention over fellow finalist cities Houston and Miami.

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Civil Rights Sports 

That’s Baseball

January 23, 2019January 24, 2019 ROBERT KAHN
baseball, disability, discrimination, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee, stadiums

Two Milwaukee Brewers fans claim in a federal complaint that the club offers only “small, comparably inferior” seating to wheelchair-using patrons, in a “wheelchair ghetto.”

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Civil Rights Regional 

Lawsuit Over Birth in Milwaukee Jail Headed to Trial

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 JOE KELLY
inmates, Jails, Milwaukee, pregnancy, Wisconsin

A federal judge ruled Friday that a jury will hear a case against a nurse and correctional officer working at the Milwaukee County Jail on the night an inmate claims she was forced to give birth in her cell without any medical care, before being shackled during a week of postpartum treatment.

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Employment Government Regional 

Milwaukee Firefighters Challenge Benefits Calculation

August 10, 2018 JOE KELLY
benefits, contract, firefighters, Milwaukee, pension

A local firefighters’ union claims Milwaukee has violated amendments to the city charter and the union’s collective-bargaining agreement by proposing to exclude agreed-upon pension offset payments from the calculation of their retirement benefits.

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Civil Rights Personal Injury 

NBA Guard Sterling Brown Sues Milwaukee Cops for Excessive Force

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 JOE HARRIS
Excessive Force, Milwaukee, NBA, Police, race

NBA guard Sterling Brown sued Milwaukee and its police department in federal court Tuesday, claiming he was arrested and Tasered because he’s black, in an incident that was captured on video.

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Civil Rights Regional Sports 

Milwaukee Police Release Video of Bucks Player’s Arrest

May 23, 2018May 24, 2018 EMILY ZANTOW
arrests, athletes, basketball, Milwaukee, Police, race, taser

The Milwaukee Police Department released a video Wednesday afternoon showing police arresting and using a stun gun on NBA player Sterling Brown, who said he will sue over the incident.

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Civil Rights Regional 

Inmate Death

May 18, 2018 BRIEF
inmates, Jails, Milwaukee, Wrongful Death

The mother of a Wisconsin man who died in the Milwaukee County jail claims in a federal lawsuit that medical staff did not treat his serious heart infection in time.

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Civil Rights Regional 

Stop & Frisk

May 1, 2018 BRIEF
discrimination, Milwaukee, Police, race

Milwaukee reportedly approved a $1.9 million payment Monday to settle a class action brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin claiming city police used abusive stop-and-frisk tactics motivated by race and ethnicity.

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Business Criminal Health Regional 

Health Care Contractor Charged Over Inmate’s Dehydration Death

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 EMILY ZANTOW
health care, inmates, Jails, Milwaukee, records, water

Milwaukee County prosecutors on Wednesday charged a jail health care contractor with falsifying records about the dehydration death of an inmate who was deprived of water for seven days.

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Civil Rights Trials 

Ex-Sheriff Cleared in Free-Speech Case Over Facebook Taunts

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 EMILY ZANTOW
airports, Facebook, Free Speech, Milwaukee, retaliation, sheriffs, threats

A federal jury found Monday that former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke did not violate a Wisconsin man’s free-speech rights by mocking him on social media about an airport encounter stemming from the man shaking his head at the sheriff during a flight last year.

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Civil Rights Regional Trials 

Ex-Sheriff Accused of Threatening Traveler Must Face Trial

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 EMILY ZANTOW
airports, Facebook, First Amendment, Milwaukee, retaliation, sheriffs, threats

A federal judge ruled Friday that former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke will go to trial later this month over claims he threatened a Wisconsin man online after an airport encounter stemming from the man shaking his head at the sheriff during a flight last year.

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Civil Rights Technology 

Milwaukee Must Pay App Maker’s Legal Fees

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 EMILY ZANTOW
apps, Milwaukee, ordinance, parks, Settlement

Milwaukee County approved an $83,000 settlement Thursday for an app maker that challenged an ordinance requiring companies to get an event permit for apps such as Pokemon Go to be played in parks.

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Appeals Civil Rights 

Seventh Circuit OKs Police Search in ‘Parking While Black’ Case

October 27, 2017 LORRAINE BAILEY
en banc, Fourth Amendment, Milwaukee, Police, race, seizures, Seventh Circuit

The full Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld the constitutionality of a police stop said to target a car for “parking while black,” in which Milwaukee officers pulled black passengers out of the car and handcuffed them for parking too close to a crosswalk.

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Economy International 

Native Americans Push for Indigenous Chapter of NAFTA

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 EMILY ZANTOW
Canada, Mexico, Milwaukee, NAFTA, Native Americans, Trade

The National Congress of American Indians agreed this week to support the efforts of Canada’s Assembly of First Nations to add an indigenous chapter in the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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National Politics 

Former Milwaukee Sheriff Takes Job With Trump Super PAC

September 6, 2017September 7, 2017 EMILY ZANTOW
Donald Trump, Milwaukee, PACs, sheriffs

Controversial former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said Tuesday that he has taken a new job as a senior adviser and spokesperson for the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action.

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