FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – Former Air America radio talk show host Nicole Sandler was arrested Tuesday night after a raucous South Florida GOP town hall meeting.
The meeting, held that the Calvary Chapel on West Crypress Creek Road, got off to a rocky start when a handful of protestors heckled speaker U.S. Rep. Allen West over Medicare and his requirement that questions had to submitted in writing. Police escorted them out of the room.
When West tried to explain the Republican position on Medicare, Sandler peppered him with questions and comments. When she refused to stop to talking, Fort Lauderdale Police spokesperson Travis Mandell said she was led out of the room in handcuffs for being disruptive.
On her way out Sandler reportedly began arguing with the officer and was arrested. She was charged with trespassing after a warning.
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/04/26/radio-talk-show-host-arrested-at-gop-town-hall-meeting/FORT LAUDERDALE — It was a night of firsts when U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, held his seventh town hall meeting Tuesday.
The meeting marked the first time hecklers disrupted one of his presentations, the first time an audience member got arrested (liberal radio talker and Air America alum Nicole Sandler) and the first time West passed up direct questions from the audience in favor of written ones.
West said the new format wasn’t an attempt to dodge tough questions. And he said he’s not going to be cowed by hecklers.
“I’m going to tell you this,” West said during one of the disruptions. “You’re not going to intimidate me.”
http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/04/west-to-hecklers-youre-not-going-to-intimidate-me/comment-page-1/Good for you Nicole. If there is a defense fund I'd sure contribute!
Any FL DU'ers near Boca Raton West is having another town hall tonight. Location at 2nd link.
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