A UW Madison student group calling themselves “Stop the War” is unhappy about UW Administration tactics towards their organization so they are requesting the ACLU to help them sue the school. I know that the following title should read “Complaint”, but I just link them as they are written.
Stop the War member files ACLU Complain: I am writing because the UW student group Stop the War, has been the subject of harassment and intimidation by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Administration and Police for much of the past year. This is not an isolated incident, but recently culminated with a threat to discipline one member of our group (Paul Pryse) who they claim is the “leadership”, most likely since his name appears as a signatory on the student-government paperwork for student group status.The author, Bill Anderson, then recounts a series of outrages including a ticket for Disturbing the Peace in February and several subsequent episodes of UW Police escorting individuals, including some High School students, from UW property without reading them Miranda Rights. What is truly lovely is that outraged Mr. Bill isn’t even a student.
I was wondering if the ACLU would be able to help us with this, because I have attempted to contact a private lawyer, recommended by a member of the local Green Party, but he said he can’t help us, and that we should contact the ACLU. I cannot personally be a plaintiff in the case, because I am not currently enrolled in classes. However, there are many other individuals in our group who are, and I’m sure several of them would be more than willing to be a plaintiff in a court-injunction or lawsuit.The UW Administration has threatened discipline to an actual UW Student member of the group and I can not help thinking that Saddam would have handled this situation differently.
