'Imagine if somebody had been in the office when this happened. They would have been hurt.'
ALEXANDER SHUR LEE NEWSPAPERS Vandals set a fire inside the Madison headquarters of the anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action late Saturday or early Sunday, an official with the group said.
Julaine Appling, president of the lobbying and advocacy organization, said she and events coordinator Diane Westphall were getting ready for a Mother's Day brunch in Watertown when a building staff member informed her of the break-in. A person on the way to the airport before dawn saw smoke rising from the building and called police, Appling said.
Madison Police Department Chief Shon Barnes said the department alerted its federal partners and are investigation the arson with the Madison Fire Department. "This is the local manifestation of the anger and the lack of tolerance from the pro-abortion people toward those of us who are pro-life," said Appling, who told the Wisconsin State Journal that law enforcement found remnants of at least one Molotov cocktail. Police called it an arson investigation.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said she understands that people are afraid and angry in the wake of the leaked draft but said violence isn't an acceptable response.
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