Day 7: Mass arrest of singers in WI capitol, legislator and photographers threatened with arrest

[Scuba]

http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=34690

Today was the 7th day of mass arrests in Wisconsin’s capitol building since July 24, 2013 when the mass arrests began.

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According to WMTV, today August 6th, 22 people were cited for not having a permit and one of the 22 also got a disorderly conduct ticket. A tally that Jason H. has been keeping shows that capitol cops have dispensed 168 citations and 6 misdemeanors to singalong participants since July 24th.

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“State Rep. Sondy Pope (D-Middleton) was threatened with arrest Tuesday for watching the Solidarity Sing Along from the floor above the noontime protest. Tia Nelson, executive secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, who was standing with Pope, was also threatened with arrest.”

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Having been at the event on August 6 and only videotaping/photographing while actively not “participating” in singing as an experiment, I was approached by a Capitol Police office who walked up to me and told me that just being in the Rotunda while the event in occurring is cause for arrest, handcuffing, photographing my face and getting a fine.

[mokawanis]

1. Thanks for posting about the singers

This is an important story and I'm glad you're taking the time to post info regularly. (and, btw, the woman in that photo is an old acquaintance of mine). As for the Capitol cops, they should be ashamed of themselves for doing Walker's dirty work. It's fair to call them a goon squad.

Let the resistance continue!

[Scuba]

2. Please tell your friend "thank you" for her sacrifice.