State Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) was briefly detained Saturday outside the Zeidler Municipal Building and "advised about the laws surrounding electioneering," a police spokesman said. Posted on 11/01/2008 8:14:37 PM PDT by Brown Deer
State Sen. Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) was briefly detained Saturday outside the Zeidler Municipal Building and "advised about the laws surrounding electioneering," a police spokesman said.
The incident occurred around 3:15 p.m. as early voting was taking place inside the building.
"A Milwaukee police officer who was working the mounted patrol monitoring traffic in the area of the Municipal Building at Kilbourn and Broadway observed a person who was clad in political attire who was engaged in conversation with people in line for early voting. He called for another officer to respond," Milwaukee police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said.
Schwartz said Taylor was not arrested but was "ordered into the district attorney's office for a review of the incident" this week.
Martha Love, chairman of the Milwaukee County Democratic Party, said Taylor "was not cited, was not arrested and is not taking calls at this time."
Love said Taylor wore a T-shirt that said "Blue State '08" and was assisting a female voter when an officer "stopped her" and "indicated that he felt she was doing something wrong." Love said Taylor had helped park the woman's car.
"The only thing she was doing was talking to a lady on her way into the building," Love said.
Taylor, 42, was first elected to the state Senate in 2004 and is unopposed for re-election this year. Republican Scott Walker defeated her last spring in the race for Milwaukee County executive.
A DEMONCRAT trying to influence voters!
I’m SHOCKED, I tell you!
was she trying to talk them into voting for the Obomination? ;)
She is a cutie-pie! Wow I don’t care if she is a Democrat.
One word - Lenscrafters
Just wait til Tuesday. The ground will be thick with them.
LMAO!!!
A police officer actually enforcing this law. Shocked, but in admiration of the officer’s understanding of this area of the law and the officers commitment. They must be briefing them heavily on this obviously.
Detained and advised is not a big deal. Now she has to go to the principals office to get lectured by the DA. Well, at least in some instances they are trying to enforce laws on the books.
This will be racist by morning.
Why isn’t she being arrested, or soemthing?
We keep winking at this stuff.
It MATTERS!
Two words, whisky goggles
The rules are for everyone else, not the liberals.
ping
If you’re a Dem - you can do anything. That’s how it goes, even in their own party. The awful Pelosi asked the corrupt Rangel to resign his posts, and he told her to flake off. That’s what life is like if you’re a Dem.
I think they’re going to be even more out of line if their messiah wins. Chicago police are already expecting 1M folks downtown, invited by the Divine One himself. Whether he wins or loses, these pea-brains will flip out.
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