Policing & Protesting: Wisconsin Officers Patrol Capitol and Join in Pro-Union Demonstrations

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Run time: 06:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01KJd0Azidk   Posted on YouTube: February 25, 2011 By YouTube Member: mediagrrl9 Views on YouTube: 768   Posted on DU: February 27, 2011 By DU Member: democracy1st Views on DU: 637

 
Wisconsin police officers have participated in the Madison labor protests, not only on the job as public security, but also as demonstrators. Democracy Now! interviews Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, at the Wisconsin State Capitol. "Law enforcement officers from all across the state are proud to stand with their fellow devoted public employees," Palmer says. "We have been very impressed by how peaceful everyone has been."

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1. "We have been very impressed by how peaceful everyone has been."

You've been watching too many "tea parties" on Faux Snooze. This is the way liberals roll. Sanity, compassion, caring, and peaceful solidarity in the face of evil.

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2. Very nice!

Those pipes must resonate into every nook and cranny of the capitol!

Standing United With Labor!