Welcome to Freedom of the Press: Teabagger Style! (Miller's flunkies handcuff a reporter)

[Clio the Leo]

Miller security guards handcuff editor

By RICHARD MAUER

The editor of the Alaska Dispatch website was arrested by U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's private security guards Sunday as the editor attempted to interview Miller on camera at the end of a public event in an Anchorage school.

Tony Hopfinger was handcuffed by the guards and detained in a hallway at Central Middle School until Anchorage police came and told the guards to release him.

Hopfinger has not been charged but the owner of the Drop Zone, private security firm that's been providing Miller's security, accused Hopfinger of trespassing at the public event, a "town hall" meeting sponsored by the Miller campaign. The owner, William Fulton, also said Hopfinger assaulted a man by shoving him.

Anchorage Police who responded to the call said they would leave it up to the District Attorney's office to decide whether to prosecute.

Hopfinger, who was holding a small video camera, said he was attempting to get Miller to answer questions about why he was disciplined when he worked as a part-time attorney at the Fairbanks North Star Borough. He said he pushed the man away after he was surrounded by Miller supporters and security guards and felt threatened.




Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/10/17/1506223/miller-security-guards-handcuff.html

Side note, I'm fairly certain our boy "Bob" could take those two pee wees out with a flick of the pinky....

[Dawson Leery]

1. Sounds illegal

[Parker CA]

2. Unreal. HuffPo and the AP have this story. 100% illegal. Hope this is the end for Miller.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. OMG

Just when I thought I had seen the teabaggers at their dumbest, Miller goes and outstupids them.

Wow. Just unreal.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. A longer more detailed report is at The Alaska Dispatch

here http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/news/7187-miller-guard-says-editor-refused-to-leave-private-event These guys were clearly out of line.

The other very interesting thing that came out of Joe's town hall meeting is, in speaking of the advisability of building a fence along the southern border, quote unquote, "If East Germany can do it, we can do it!"

Real nice.


For more, see "Joe the Teabagger, in Bold Move, Seeks to Repeal the 1st Amendment" at ProgressiveAlaska here: http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2010/10/joe-teabagger-in-bold-move-seeks-to.html and "Miller's Press Release on the Assault of Hopfinger - from East Berlin" here: http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2010/10/millers-press-release-on-assault-on.html


ed. Actually, there are two more good pieces at ProgressiveAlaska before these two. This is just an amazing story, all the way around.