@GovWalker administration settles 2013 Capitol arrest case with radio host for $75,000 taxpayer $

Walker should have to pay out of his own pocket for his arrogance.


Walker administration settles 2013 Capitol arrest case with radio host for $75,000

http://www.wkow.com/story/32326186/2016/06/28/doa-settles-2013-capitol-arrest-case-with-radio-show-host-for-75000



By Greg Neumann

Updated: Jun 28, 2016 6:58 PM CST


MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) has agreed to pay a $75,000 out-of-court settlement to a local political talk show host who sued the state after being arrested during the so-called "Capitol Crackdown" on the Solidarity Singers in July 2013.

In agreeing to the settlement with Dominic Salvia, co-host of the Devil's Advocate on 92.1 "The Mic" FM, DOA admits no fault or liability on its part, nor on the part of Sergeant Chris Weiss and Officer Adam Fell - the two members of the State Capitol Police who arrested him.

Salvia filed a federal lawsuit against DOA in March 2014, saying his civil rights were unconstitutionally violated when the officers arrested him, restrained his hands behind his back with a zip-tie, detained him briefly and ultimately issued him a citation.

In his lawsuit, Salvia argued he was there to take photos and observe the Capitol rotunda scene, that he never did any singing or protesting, and that he had been there less than five minutes before his arrest. Salvia also informed Weiss and Fell numerous times he was a member of the working media. ...........................