WI: Liberty on Tour’s Mueller arrested

Adam Mueller was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Jackson WI yesterday and his Liberty On Tour partner Pete Eyre caught it all on video.

The warrant apparently stemmed from an earlier incident in which another police officer, whose "integrity as an officer has been called into question," had ticketed Mueller for an offense which neither the officer nor any witness had actually seen.

The Liberty On Tour friends were working out at a gym when Eyre noticed a uniformed officer approaching and grabbed his camera-equipped cell phone.

A plainclothes officer who repeatedly ignored requests to ID himself - he was later identified as Mike Bloedel – attempted to intimidate Eyre with arrest and threats to "take the camera as evidence." Eyre, however, held his ground and repeatedly confronted both Bloedel and another, uniformed, officer about their actions.

After being handcuffed Mueller went limp, not wanting to acquiesce in his own arrest.

While the original bench warrant carried the option of a $139 fine or six days in jail, "going limp" translates into the hazy catchall charges of "resisting" and "interfering," even though Mueller never resisted nor interfered in any normal definition of those words (as the video clearly shows), but he now faces a $300 fine and a court appearance.

Later that evening, after sitting in the county jail and "refusing to cooperate" Mueller decided to opt for a bailout. Mueller's brother Matt who came up with the money and Eyre "went to the Washington County Jail and paid the ransom."

Original report here




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