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On September 17, 2014, four couples, represented by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Wisconsin, and the law firm of Mayer Brown filed a federal court challenge to Wisconsin's refusal to recognize their marriages and the marriages of other same-sex couples that took place between June 6 and 13. The following couples are plaintiffs in the suit.

The Milwaukee Police Department has conducted nearly 1 million officer-initiated traffic and pedestrian stops mostly in poor neighborhoods since 2008 when Chief Edward Flynn started a patrol-oriented police strategy. His strategy is based on numerous stops for minor traffic offenses. These stops are called pretextual, because the department isn't interested so much in traffic safety — the admitted purpose of the stops is to disrupt potential criminal activity or at least get in the heads of the bad guys. The 1 million stops do not include responses to calls for service. There are other sources of tension between residents and police. In 2012, an ongoing scandal in police District 5 was revealed to the public.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

By Judith Davidoff on Thursday 09/11/2014

By Steven Elbow | The Capital Times

MICHAEL TARM Associated Press

WISCONSIN:

Thursday's decision by a three-judge panel at the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals bumps the number of states where gay marriage will be legal from 19 to 21. The decision was unanimous.