Leon Todd Arrested in War Protest
TV coverage:
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Green Party Candidates Arrested at Congressman’s Office
Brookfield, WI -- Wisconsin Green Party candidate for Congress Bob Levis and candidate for Lieutenant Governor Leon Todd were arrested today outside the entrance to Congressman Sensenbrenner’s office at Bishop’s Way and Blue Mound Road. Bob Levis is on the ballot opposing Congressman Sensenbrenner in the upcoming November election. Levis and Todd were participating in a rally organized by Peace Action Wisconsin to protest Congressman Sensenbrenner’s support of the war in Iraq as a part of the national activities organized around the Declaration of Peace. They took part in a one-half hour long protest with dozens of others before they were arrested. Three others were also arrested.
Wisconsin Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor, Leon Todd, was one of the other three each received a $487 fine Monday.
They were accused of disobeying a police officer after they blocked an exit from Sensenbrenner's office during the noon-hour protest, according to a Brookfield police department news release.
The Wisconsin Green Party has opposed the war since before the invasion of Iraq, and has worked hard to end the war and bring the troops home. The party kicked off the Bring the Troops Home ballot initiative last spring, giving citizens a say on the war in Iraq in 32 towns, cities and villages around the state.
For the complete story go to http://wisconsingreenparty...org/index.php
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Sensenbrenner challenger arrested outside representative's office
Green Party candidate Levis part of peace protest
BY LINDA McAlpine
Waukesha Freeman Staff
E-mail: lmcalpine@conleynet.com
BROOKFIELD - Bob Levis, Wisconsin Green Patty candidate for the 5th Congressional District, was arrested Monday during a peace protest outside
the office of his former high school friend and now political opponent U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner.
Levis and four others, including Wisconsin Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor, Leon Todd, each received a $487 ticket for disobeying a police officer after they blocked the Bishops Way exit onto Bluemound Road from Sensenbrenner's office during the noon hour protest, according to a news release issued by the Brookfield Police Department.
"The five were issued a municipal citation for disobedience to an officer for their refusal to comply with the lawful order from the officer to move out of the traffic lanes," the release said.
"Sensenbrenner is the front man for the Iraq war," Levis said outside the Brookfield Police Department after his release. "Now is the time for citizens to
let their representatives that they want our troops brought home now."
Levis said he attended high school with Sensenbrenner and even helped him in first political campaign but now is challenging him for his congressional seat.
"It doesn't bother me," Levis said about staging a protest against his former acquaintance. "I just want to get my point across."
George Martin, project director for Peace Action Wisconsin, and one of the 20 or so people who gathered along Bluemond Road with signs calling for an end to the war and the return of the troops, said the protest was slated to coincide with a number of peace-related related drives that kicked off last week with the
International Day of Peace.
The protest, confined as it was along Bluemound Road, did not disrupt business as usual at the congressman's office, said Tom Schreibel, Sensenbrenner's chief of staff.
"We hadn't been told by that there had been arrests, we wouldn't have even known they were there" he said, noting that the protesters" stayedout of the complex that houses Sensenbrenner's office, "I was waiting for them but they didn't come back to the office to talk to us."
Schreibel said this isn't the first time Sensenbrenner's office has been picketed.
"It happens," he said. "It depends on the issue that's before Congress."
Kevin Schwerdtfeger of Waukesha, a member of a student peace group on the campus of the University of Wisconsin and one of those arrested, said it was his first such arrest.
"After I was handcuffed and put in the squad, the officers were all very respectful," he said.
Those arrested said they planned to fight the ticket during a court appearance at 9 a.m. Oct. 26.
(Linda McAlpine can be reached at lmcalpine@conleynet.com)
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Demonstrating for Peace
Shepherd Express
Expresso
September 28, 2006
Opponents of the war in Iraq have been staging demonstrations during the past week to call for an end to the war. Last Thursday, the International Day of Peace, activists were arrested outside of the federal building, the site of the office of Sen. Herb Kohl. On Monday, two Green Party candidates were arrested outside of the Brookfield office of U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner. One of those arrested, Bob Levis, is a former classmate of the congressman's at the elite Milwaukee Country Day High School—and he's also the Green Party candidate who's trying to win Sensenbrenner's district. Candidate for lieutenant governor Leon Todd was also arrested, as were three other demonstrators organized by Peace Action Wisconsin. The group is also asking war opponents to sign the Declaration of Peace pledge that calls for a "comprehensive end to the U.S. war in Iraq."
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TV coverage:
http://www.wisn.com/video/..9940909/index.html
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Green Party Candidates Arrested at Congressman’s Office
Brookfield, WI -- Wisconsin Green Party candidate for Congress Bob Levis and candidate for Lieutenant Governor Leon Todd were arrested today outside the entrance to Congressman Sensenbrenner’s office at Bishop’s Way and Blue Mound Road. Bob Levis is on the ballot opposing Congressman Sensenbrenner in the upcoming November election. Levis and Todd were participating in a rally organized by Peace Action Wisconsin to protest Congressman Sensenbrenner’s support of the war in Iraq as a part of the national activities organized around the Declaration of Peace. They took part in a one-half hour long protest with dozens of others before they were arrested. Three others were also arrested.
Wisconsin Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor, Leon Todd, was one of the other three each received a $487 fine Monday.
They were accused of disobeying a police officer after they blocked an exit from Sensenbrenner's office during the noon-hour protest, according to a Brookfield police department news release.
The Wisconsin Green Party has opposed the war since before the invasion of Iraq, and has worked hard to end the war and bring the troops home. The party kicked off the Bring the Troops Home ballot initiative last spring, giving citizens a say on the war in Iraq in 32 towns, cities and villages around the state.
For the complete story go to http://wisconsingreenparty...org/index.php
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Sensenbrenner challenger arrested outside representative's office
Green Party candidate Levis part of peace protest
BY LINDA McAlpine
Waukesha Freeman Staff
E-mail: lmcalpine@conleynet.com
BROOKFIELD - Bob Levis, Wisconsin Green Patty candidate for the 5th Congressional District, was arrested Monday during a peace protest outside
the office of his former high school friend and now political opponent U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner.
Levis and four others, including Wisconsin Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor, Leon Todd, each received a $487 ticket for disobeying a police officer after they blocked the Bishops Way exit onto Bluemound Road from Sensenbrenner's office during the noon hour protest, according to a news release issued by the Brookfield Police Department.
"The five were issued a municipal citation for disobedience to an officer for their refusal to comply with the lawful order from the officer to move out of the traffic lanes," the release said.
"Sensenbrenner is the front man for the Iraq war," Levis said outside the Brookfield Police Department after his release. "Now is the time for citizens to
let their representatives that they want our troops brought home now."
Levis said he attended high school with Sensenbrenner and even helped him in first political campaign but now is challenging him for his congressional seat.
"It doesn't bother me," Levis said about staging a protest against his former acquaintance. "I just want to get my point across."
George Martin, project director for Peace Action Wisconsin, and one of the 20 or so people who gathered along Bluemond Road with signs calling for an end to the war and the return of the troops, said the protest was slated to coincide with a number of peace-related related drives that kicked off last week with the
International Day of Peace.
The protest, confined as it was along Bluemound Road, did not disrupt business as usual at the congressman's office, said Tom Schreibel, Sensenbrenner's chief of staff.
"We hadn't been told by that there had been arrests, we wouldn't have even known they were there" he said, noting that the protesters" stayedout of the complex that houses Sensenbrenner's office, "I was waiting for them but they didn't come back to the office to talk to us."
Schreibel said this isn't the first time Sensenbrenner's office has been picketed.
"It happens," he said. "It depends on the issue that's before Congress."
Kevin Schwerdtfeger of Waukesha, a member of a student peace group on the campus of the University of Wisconsin and one of those arrested, said it was his first such arrest.
"After I was handcuffed and put in the squad, the officers were all very respectful," he said.
Those arrested said they planned to fight the ticket during a court appearance at 9 a.m. Oct. 26.
(Linda McAlpine can be reached at lmcalpine@conleynet.com)
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Demonstrating for Peace
Shepherd Express
Expresso
September 28, 2006
Opponents of the war in Iraq have been staging demonstrations during the past week to call for an end to the war. Last Thursday, the International Day of Peace, activists were arrested outside of the federal building, the site of the office of Sen. Herb Kohl. On Monday, two Green Party candidates were arrested outside of the Brookfield office of U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner. One of those arrested, Bob Levis, is a former classmate of the congressman's at the elite Milwaukee Country Day High School—and he's also the Green Party candidate who's trying to win Sensenbrenner's district. Candidate for lieutenant governor Leon Todd was also arrested, as were three other demonstrators organized by Peace Action Wisconsin. The group is also asking war opponents to sign the Declaration of Peace pledge that calls for a "comprehensive end to the U.S. war in Iraq."
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