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Coakley Supporters Try to Intimidate

By Paul Chesser on 1.18.10 @ 11:30PM

At a Teamsters hall rally in Springfield today for Democratic Senatorial candidate Martha Coakley, two of her supporters tried to run off a reporter and a videographer who were recording footage outside the event.

At a Teamsters hall rally in Springfield, Mass. today for Democratic Senatorial candidate Martha Coakley, two of her supporters tried to run off a reporter and a videographer who were recording footage outside the event. First it was Watchdog.org reporter Paul Soutar:

And then it was Erich Heyssel, who was in town working on a ballot integrity initiative for the Americans for Limited Government Foundation:

As you can see, both were taking video from the public street when the Coakley supporters started pushing them around.

topics:
Unions, Senate 2010, Martha Coakley

About the Author

Paul Chesser is executive director for the American Tradition Institute and a senior fellow for the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives. The views he expresses do not necessarily reflect the views of these organizations.

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