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Walker: ‘Extremists’ should be ‘prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law’

Matt Kittle, Neighbor

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON – Gov. Scott Walker delivered a sternly worded statement Friday, demanding that environmental “extremists” disrupting preliminary work at a proposed northern Wisconsin mine site and destroying private property be held responsible for their actions.

“These extremists – who are disrupting work and causing harm to law-abiding employees – should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Walker said of incidents last month.

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The governor noted an obscenity-laden video posted on Facebook by Andrea Ladenthin, a protester who joined anti-mine groups at the Penokee Range site in June.

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