02/27/07 War Protesters Arrested For Occupying Obey's Office
War Protesters Arrested For Occupying Obey's Office
The Capital Times
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Three people were arrested after refusing to leave a congressman's hometown office where their group urged that he should be more vigorous in opposing the Iraq war, police said.
The three were part of the group led by former Green Party congressional candidate Mike Miles, who met Monday afternoon with a member of U.S. Rep. David Obey's staff and called on Obey to be a stronger opponent of the war.
Police Lt. Ben Bliven said the three then refused to leave the office, saying they wanted to speak directly to the congressman. The man and two women picked up for disorderly conduct were released on signature bonds Monday evening.
Obey, who has been a strong critic of the Iraq war, spoke out last month against President Bush's plan to send 20,000 more troops to Iraq, saying the administration's policy there "has essentially produced an incredible disaster in that region of the world that will not be correctable for years to come."