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. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom