A local Madison activist says he plans to sue two university police officers for using pepper spray on him. Ben Masel was arrested last Thursday at the university’s Memorial Union while gathering signatures during a hip hop concert in his bid to challenge U.S. Senator Herb Kohl in a Democratic Primary this fall. Gil Halsted reports…
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