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Candidate Masel sprayed, arrested at Union Terrace

University police confronted Ben Masel, longtime local activist and current U.S. Senate hopeful, while he was circulating nomination papers on the Memorial Union Terrace Thursday night.

After a brief struggle, he was pepper-sprayed, arrested, and charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, then released.

Masel says he’s being singled out.