Miller's Security Guards Handcuff Reporter
img class="size-full wp-image-43542 alignleft" title="Miller(2)" src="/files/wxrimport/2010-10/miller2.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" /><The New York Times reports:
Security guards for Joe Miller, the Republican Senate candidate from Alaska, handcuffed and detained the editor of an online news site at a campaign event in Anchorage on Sunday.
A statement by the Miller campaign described the editor, Tony Hopfinger of Alaska Dispatch, as a “liberal blogger” who was trying to create a “confrontation” with Mr. Miller. The campaign also accused Mr. Hopfinger of assaulting someone after the event, a question and answer session with voters, and of “making threatening gestures and movements towards the candidate.”
The Anchorage Police responded to the incident, which took place at a public middle school. The police released Mr. Hopfinger from the handcuffs. It is unclear whether anyone involved will face charges.
Mr. Hopfinger, a longtime Alaska journalist who has written for prominent national news outlets, told the Anchorage Daily News that he had been trying to question Mr. Miller about reports that he had been disciplined in a past part-time job he held as a lawyer for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the equivalent of a county government.
The issue has received attention recently amid reports, including in Alaska Dispatch, that Mr. Miller used government computers for political purposes in 2008.
Mr. Hopfinger said he was attempting to record an interview with Mr. Miller on a small video camera. Mr. Miller had said last week that he will not answer questions about the matter.
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