Drop Zone Liberty

by digby

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. Fulton said the man who was shoved was not hurt.

Joe Miller is such a stickler about the constitution there must be a right for political candidates to arrest citizens to keep them from asking questions in there somewhere, right?

I keep hearing that the problem with these Tea Partiers is that they are just average citizens who don’t have any experience. Joe Miller is a lawyer and a magistrate who went to Yale Law. I think he knows very well what he’s doing.