Pubdate: Fri, 27 Jul 2007
Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI)
Copyright: 2007 Madison Newspapers, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.madison.com/wsj/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/506
Bookmark: http://drugnews.org/people/masel  (Ben Masel)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

MARIJUANA ACTIVIST SUES OVER ARREST

Marijuana activist Ben Masel filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming his 
rights were violated when he was arrested at Union Terrace in June 
2006 while collecting signatures to get his name on the ballot as a 
U.S. Senate candidate.

The suit, filed in Dane County Circuit Court , seeks unspecified 
monetary damages and asks the court to find a policy prohibiting 
people from soliciting signatures in specific areas of Memorial Union 
unconstitutional.

Defendants include UW-Madison Police Officers Mike Mansavage and John 
McCaughtry, whom the suit alleges "brutally manhandled" Masel and 
sprayed him with pepper spray.
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