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Related: About this forumMadison, Wisconsin Lawyers Guild: State Distorts Court’s Ruling to Justify Dissident Arrests
http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=34378Anyone needing legal assistance for arrests while singing or observing singing at the Capitol can call the NLG at 608-520-0654. The coordinator will then attempt to find legal representation for the person who has been arrested.
MADISON, WI Citizens singing traditional civil rights songs, some with lyrics rewritten to criticize the current governor and state legislative priorities, were again subjected to mass arrest in the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda July 24 and July 25. After U.S. District Court Judge William Conley issued an injunction against enforcement of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Capitol Access policies on July 8, the Wisconsin Department of Administration tried to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in their ongoing campaign to stifle voices of dissent in the Capitol. Twenty three people were arrested Wednesday, and another twenty or so on Thursday, some more than once, while hundreds sang along or looked on, including a number of Democratic state legislators.
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All the singers and others present arrested Wednesday were charged with violating an administrative code provision that describes what kind of activity would justify a declaration of an unlawful event by Capitol Police. Yet no access was blocked to any part of the building, and no violence, threats of violence or any interference with the operations of state government during the lunch hour singing was observed during the event, which has continued for over two years every weekday in or outside the Capitol. The tickets merely listed No Permit as the basis for getting a citation, and when citizens asked why they were being arrested, Capitol police, state troopers and DNR wardens told them they would find out downstairs, but no further explanation was offered. Agents of the Wisconsin Dept. of Justice Criminal Investigations unit were called in to help process the large number of people arrested.
The Madison Mass Defense group, involving attorney and legal worker members of the National Lawyers Guild, ACLU and others concerned about federal and state constitutional rights to petition and protest the government, has represented most of the 40 defendants given over 160 tickets in the crackdown ordered by Capitol Police Chief Erwin since he became chief a year ago. Only one case has gone to a jury trial resulting in a guilty verdict, and over 70 cases have been dismissed by the prosecuting Wisconsin Attorney Generals office or denied prosecution by the Dane County District Attorney. An appeal is pending in the Court of Appeals which may result in the state being ordered to pay the defendants attorneys fees if the prosecutions were not substantially justified.
MADISON, WI Citizens singing traditional civil rights songs, some with lyrics rewritten to criticize the current governor and state legislative priorities, were again subjected to mass arrest in the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda July 24 and July 25. After U.S. District Court Judge William Conley issued an injunction against enforcement of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Capitol Access policies on July 8, the Wisconsin Department of Administration tried to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in their ongoing campaign to stifle voices of dissent in the Capitol. Twenty three people were arrested Wednesday, and another twenty or so on Thursday, some more than once, while hundreds sang along or looked on, including a number of Democratic state legislators.
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All the singers and others present arrested Wednesday were charged with violating an administrative code provision that describes what kind of activity would justify a declaration of an unlawful event by Capitol Police. Yet no access was blocked to any part of the building, and no violence, threats of violence or any interference with the operations of state government during the lunch hour singing was observed during the event, which has continued for over two years every weekday in or outside the Capitol. The tickets merely listed No Permit as the basis for getting a citation, and when citizens asked why they were being arrested, Capitol police, state troopers and DNR wardens told them they would find out downstairs, but no further explanation was offered. Agents of the Wisconsin Dept. of Justice Criminal Investigations unit were called in to help process the large number of people arrested.
The Madison Mass Defense group, involving attorney and legal worker members of the National Lawyers Guild, ACLU and others concerned about federal and state constitutional rights to petition and protest the government, has represented most of the 40 defendants given over 160 tickets in the crackdown ordered by Capitol Police Chief Erwin since he became chief a year ago. Only one case has gone to a jury trial resulting in a guilty verdict, and over 70 cases have been dismissed by the prosecuting Wisconsin Attorney Generals office or denied prosecution by the Dane County District Attorney. An appeal is pending in the Court of Appeals which may result in the state being ordered to pay the defendants attorneys fees if the prosecutions were not substantially justified.
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Madison, Wisconsin Lawyers Guild: State Distorts Court’s Ruling to Justify Dissident Arrests (Original Post)
Scuba
Jul 2013
OP
jobs created by wanker's imagination for propaganda purposes don't exist hence can't be found.
hue
Jul 2013
#3
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)1. walker putting wisconsin deeper in debt...
been following this on several wisconsin facebook pages. it seems walker is racking up a shit load of money trying to prosucute his distracters. i guess he`s very good at wasting the taxpayers money.
i haven't read anything on the net but has anyone found all those jobs he promised?
hue
(4,949 posts)3. jobs created by wanker's imagination for propaganda purposes don't exist hence can't be found.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)2. "Why am I being arrested? You'll find our downstairs!?"
That is creepy and seems like it just can't be protocol. What a weird state we're living in.
hue
(4,949 posts)4. Yes Ed, this is the altered state called wanker's domination alias Koch's puppet regime .
midnight
(26,624 posts)6. Is that legal?
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)5. This is a very important post. Thank you.
Particularly for noting,
An appeal is pending in the Court of Appeals which may result in the state being ordered to pay the defendants attorneys fees if the prosecutions were not substantially justified.
Lefta Dissenter
(6,622 posts)7. You don't think
arresting someone for walking in a circle is "substantially justified?" That IS what is described in the police report for one arrestee... and that's IT! What did he do? "He walked in a circle."