Former US Congressman Jailed (DEM IN OHIO)

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http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2668654&nav=LQlCTzoL

A former US congressmen went from the halls of congress to the halls of justice and was jailed in Columbus after attempting to deliver a letter about voting irregularities to Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.

Dan Hamburg was a California congressman in the early 1990s. This week Hamburg and his wife have been part of a group watching the latest developments in the Ohio recount.
Columbus police arrested Hamburg and his wife, Carrie, Wednesday for trespassing after refusing to leave a private downtown building that houses the secretary's office. Hamburg was an elected democrat, then a green and then a libertarian candidate in California.
The political activist and a small group with him said they wanted Blackwell to answer questions about voting problems from the November election.
Blackwell's office says it was private tenants in the building who asked security to call the officers.
Hamburg did not have an appointment with Blackwell and refused to leave a restaurant.

[KittyWampus]

1. Are The People Of Ohio Going To Stand For This?

[liberalnurse]

2. It's a great start......

We need to be in their face. I don't know if many Ohioans will follow suit.....but the actions are commendable indeed.


Non-violent protesting is the only way to get the attention of the world.

[MatrixEscape]

3. Do I detect some

potential civil disobedience going on? Is that what it is going to come to?

Blackwell should be arrested, indicted, tried, etc.

[Clark2008]

4. Hamburg should remind police

that, while the building is private, Blackwell's suites are paid for by taxpayers and, therefore, HIS office is quasi-public.

[libertypirate]

5. kick

[truehawk]

6. If a government office is in the building, it is not a private building.

Okay, who put a public offic in a private building?

More outsourcing???

[rumpel]

7. This is nuts! Where are the lawyers send this to

Arnebeck