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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 06:11 PM
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GOP candidate Joe Miller's Goon Squad Handcuff & Detain 'Alaska Dispatch' Editor
last time I checked this was illegal detention.... Tea partiers believe in "limited Government".. and individual freedom... unless of course, you ask too many questions. If this guy asserts powers he doesn't have, imagine what he would do if he could wield Government power?


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/18/joe-miller-security-guard_n_766010.html

Security guards for Alaska senate candidate Joe Miller handcuffed and detained the editor of the online magazine "Alaska Dispatch" on Sunday while he tried to interview the Republican nominee, according to multiple reports.

The Anchorage Daily News reports that Tony Hopfinger, who founded and edits "Alaska Dispatch," was arrested by Miller's private guards at an Anchorage school. The senate hopeful was on hand as part of a town hall event.

The firm that handles Miller's security says that Hopfinger shoved a man, but Hopfinger claims that he only pushed back at a guard after the guard began pushing him.

According to an article at the website for "Alaska Dispatch," Hopfinger was warned that he would be charged with trespassing if he did not cease asking questions and leave the premises:
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