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Related: About this forumVideo from 'People For People People' eviscerates pathological liar Scott Walker
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Video from 'People For People People' eviscerates pathological liar Scott Walker
by Giles Goat Boy
First, this call to action from a video just released by The People for People People Corporation. The video intersperses clips from Wisconsin Governor (and presumed presidential candidate) Scott Walker's recent state of the state speech with video of Walker's State Capitol Police arresting people for observing other people singing folk songs in the Capitol rotunda:
On January 29, 2015 an appeals court affirmed a Circuit Court ruling that the Walker Administration used unconstitutional rules to arrest peaceful citizens exercising their First Amendment rights. The State has 30 days to appeal. Call Gov. Scott Walker at (608) 266-1212 and tell him to support Free Speech and the First Amendment.
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As a freedom fighter in Wisconsin, I am often asked "How could the good people of Wisconsin keep electing this guy?" Assuming the elections he won were conducted fairly - an assumption that requires quite a leap of faith - the answer may be that Scott Walker is the most skilled political liar since Richard Nixon, as you can see in the video.
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His misrepresentation of his attitude toward the First Amendment has to be the most egregious example of his disdain for American freedom, though. -snip-
Capitol Police Officer Michael Syphard did his share of arresting people since the protests of 2011. Yet he's had some legal problems of his own.
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Still, Syphard, 51, whom some Capitol protesters identify as the most physically aggressive of the Capitol cops, will have some legal issues to face. He's named in one federal lawsuit in the 2013 arrest of Lars Prip of Beloit. He is also likely to be named in a lawsuit over the arrest of Ann Fleischli, a 71-year-old activist who suffered a gaping wound to her hand, allegedly when she was shoved by Syphard into a chair while handcuffed. Her lawyer, Jeff Scott Olson, said hes likely to file a lawsuit in early 2015.
Despite discipline, domestic incidents, complaints, Wisconsin Capitol cop still on the job
No doubt Michael Syphard is one of Walker's favorite Capitol Cops, probably second only to the Chief of the State Capitol Police, David Erwin. Walker forced out the previous chief and installed Erwin, a man with no previous administrative experience whose prior job was as a Wisconsin State trooper assigned to the Dignitary Protection Unit. Translation: He was Scott Walker's personal bodyguard.
To show his appreciation for Erwin's willingness to violate the oaths he took as a United States Marine and a law enforcement officer to uphold the U.S. constitution, Walker initiated a barely-legal maneuver during the 2013 crackdown on freedom to provide a gigantic, taxpayer-funded raise for his sycophant Chief:
Gov. Scott Walker's administration rewarded the new hardline Capitol Police chief and his top deputy with double-digit pay raises earlier this year after moving the pair on paper to phantom jobs for two weeks and then back to their real posts. ... -snip-
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By the way, the "protesters", the ones who sing about peace and freedom and justice and all that other junk that Walker hates, are still there every weekday from noon to 1 p.m.
Lots more, and links:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/01/1361548/-Video-from-People-For-People-People-eviscerates-pathological-liar-Scott-Walker?detail=email
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