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Congressional candidate from northern Wisconsin arrested
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10/4/2006 |
The Green Party candidate for the 7th Congressional race was arrested and ticketed in Minnesota Monday. Mike Simonson reports from Superior.
As a member of Nukewatch and an active anti-war protester, 53 year-old Mike Miles was among 78 people arrested for protesting at Alliant Techsystems in Edina, Minnesota…a company he says makes depleted uranium weapons. "We all just walked up the driveway and approached the front door and met a phalanx of police officers who sat us down and took us into a parking garage, gave us citations and sent us off the property.” : Miles...who is making his second bid for the 7th Congressional district seat...doesn’t think his arrest will hurt his candidacy or credibility. "We live in times that require this kind of drastic action. Anything less than this is not admitting the issues that face us are serious enough to overwhelm us. So, yeah, it's the right thing to do at the right time.” Miles is challenging incumbent Congressman Dave Obey along with republican Nick Reid in November's election.
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