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This class action lawsuit for declaratory and injunctive relief was filed on February 22, 2017, against the City of Milwaukee (\u201cMilwaukee\u201d), the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission (\u201cFPC\u201d), and in his official capacity \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, the Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department (\u201cMPD\u201d)1 (hereinafter referred to individually and collectively as \u201cDefendants\u201d) by named plaintiffs \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, and \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 (hereinafter referred to individually and collectively as \u201cPlaintiffs\u201d). 2 Plaintiffs allege that Defendants\u2019 policies, practices, and customs related to stops and frisks by the Milwaukee Police Department (\u201cMPD\u201d) violate the United States Constitution by: (1) authorizing MPD officers to stop people without individualized, objective, and articulable reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct, in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; (2) authorizing MPD officers to frisk people without individualized, objective, and articulable reasonable suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous, in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and (3) sustaining stops and frisks of 1Plaintiffs\u2019 Class Action Complaint and Amended Class Action Complaint named as a defendant \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 in his official capacity as Chief of the MPD. Amended Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief \u00b6 27 (May 24, 2017), (Docket #19) (\u201cAm. Compl.\u201d). 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However, in the event that this Settlement is finally approved by the Court, the Plaintiffs, Participating Class Members, and Class Counsel will not oppose Defendants\u2019 efforts to use this Agreement to prove that Plaintiff and Participating Class Members have resolved and are forever barred from re-litigating the claims released under this Agreement.", "size": 2, "snippet_links": [{"key": "documents-referred-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [31, 52]}, {"key": "contemplated-herein", "type": "clause", "offset": [56, 75]}, {"key": "action-taken", "type": "clause", "offset": [85, 97]}, {"key": "class-counsel", "type": "definition", "offset": [251, 264]}, {"key": "the-action", "type": "clause", "offset": [338, 348]}, {"key": "in-the-event", "type": "clause", "offset": [359, 371]}, {"key": "by-the-court", "type": "clause", "offset": [413, 425]}, {"key": "the-plaintiffs", "type": "clause", "offset": [427, 441]}, {"key": "participating-class-members", "type": "definition", "offset": [443, 470]}, {"key": "agreement-to", "type": "definition", "offset": [538, 550]}, {"key": "claims-released-under-this-agreement", "type": "clause", "offset": [664, 700]}], "samples": [{"hash": "2fIhu5B2mKI", "uri": "/contracts/2fIhu5B2mKI#plaintiffs-claims", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 25.6570841889, "published": true}], "hash": "9e503b745a23e85860dd1b9614225269", "id": 8}, {"snippet": "Plaintiff asserts that Defendant\u2019s defenses are without merit. 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