LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
The principal question in this case is whether subsequent actions of police officers converted what began as a consensual encounter into unlawful "seizures" of two individuals under the Fourth Amendment. The search for an answer to this question requires a rather detailed statement of facts related to the entire encounter.
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On August 11, 1994, Officer John E. Mercado of the Cincinnati, Ohio police force was assigned...
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