The Best of the Best: CapCon's Top 10 Stories of 2014 [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
1. Man Who Speaks out About Police Seizing His Assets is Arrested Hours Later
Wally Kowalski worked with a local prosecutor to ensure that the medical marijuana he was growing complied with Michigan’s voter-approved law. The state police disagreed and raided his home, using asset forfeiture laws to seize property without charging him with a crime. Only months later – and within hours of Capitol Confidential publishing his story – was Kowalski actually charged with a crime and arrested with a middle-of-the-night knock on the door.
Professor Susan Douglas is a department chair at the University of Michigan, and goes beyond just disagreeing with those who don’t share her political views. An article she published in a left-wing publication opened with the line, “I hate Republicans.” The professor issued an apology and directed the website to change the title – but not the opening line.
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