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The party at a Bay View duplex started sometime Saturday night with alcohol flowing freely and music blasting, according to neighbors. It ended with a man's beating in front of the home early Sunday. Squad cars arrived after a 911 call, but it was soon clear this wouldn't be a routine house party fight. The owner of the duplex in 2800 block of S. Ellen St. and many of the party-goers were off-duty Milwaukee police officers. Internal investigators were summoned, starting an investigation that continues into who beat the 26-year-old Milwaukee man and to determine if someone should be charged with a crime. The victim also said he was sodomized with a knife. A department spokesman declined to comment on the case; however, police officials contacted the district attorney's office earlier this week. Deputy District Attorney Jon Reddin said he expects to get reports from the department and then decide if criminal charges are warranted. The man told investigators that at least one person at the party called him a racial slur, according to sources in and out of the department. The victim is biracial. The victim, who asked not to be named because he fears retribution, was hospitalized for several days. Safran said he was taken to the hospital by police officers, not by ambulance. On Thursday, the victim's face was still badly bruised, his left eye almost entirely swollen shut. He met briefly with a reporter before referring questions to Safran. The man told investigators that the off-duty officers kicked him repeatedly in the head and one attacked him with a knife, at one point sodomizing him with it, department sources said. Safran declined to talk about his client's injuries, other than to say, "he was beaten severely." [more]