Two weeks ago, in the Outrage of the Week, I told you about the people who sing at noon in the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, in protest of the anti-worker, anti-people policies of Gov. Scott Walkalloveryou and how police had begun arresting people on grounds of "unlawful assembly." I added that what made it even more outrageous is that police had been threatening bystanders, people just observing, sometimes not even from the same floor as the singing, with arrest. According to police, it was not only illegal to sing, it was illegal to watch people singing.Several such people were in fact arrested and among those threatened with arrest was at least one member of the state legislature.
Well, the reaction to that last bit, arresting observers, proved to be too embarrassing even for Walkalloveryou's minions, and the Department of Administration has now released a statement that observers of what's known as the Solidarity Sing Along will no longer be arrested or threatened with arrest.By the way, the recent crackdown on the protest has only caused the number of protesters at the daily singing to grow. The attendance is not like the 100,000 or more that hit the streets of Madison in 2011, but it's growing - and this protest, singing at noon in the state capitol every single day the legislature is in session, has been going on for over two years.
Sources:
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/left-side-of-aisle-120-part-5.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/09/1229961/-Walker-forced-to-back-off-from-arresting-observers-of-Solidarity-Sing-
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=40587
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-officials-say-they-won-t-issue-citations-to-solidarity/article_b976c2fb-e5f6-59af-a53b-b6eb9f3d362e.html
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=40690
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