Press Release from the Madison Police Department

On behalf of all the law enforcement agencies that helped keep the peace on the Capitol Square Saturday, a very sincere thank you to all of those who showed up to exercise their First Amendment rights. You conducted yourselves with great decorum and civility, and if the eyes of the nation were upon Wisconsin, then you have shown how democracy can flourish even amongst those who passionately disagree. As of 5:00 p.m., no major incidents had been reported. There have been no arrests. However, discourse and discussion was - at times - loud and heated. That was to be expected. As previously indicated, the goal of law enforcement has been to provide a safe environment for democracy to take place. That goal has been realized for yet another day.

Although being arrested is on my bucket list, I just couldn't perpetuate the Union thug myth yesterday.;-)

"Although being arrested is on my bucket list..."

:rofl:

:applause:

Go you!!! Thanks for being there.

:yourock:

I have requested that my college age daughter have bail money available, every time I go out.
Seeing how shocked she is at the request, I've done my job. I wanna be Thelma or Louise without the gun!

:rofl:

When the police are smiling at you, makes it kinda hard.

to make it up to us. (Nothing too severe, of course. Don't actually scowl. It wouldn't fit the mood.)

Like maybe with a warm-hearted "Welcome" sign:

I was exercising my first amendment rights while sitting in the sun on Bascom Hill one morning in 1971.

I just need to check it off. I've been a good, sober girl for 40+ yrs. No reason to behave anymore, although once the Grandkids come, I gotta go back to behaving. I feel I have a 5 yr window of mayhem.}(

Arrapio County Az is one, from what I hear. It's the Macon County of the 21st Century.

In the 80's I had a friend driving through Macon County Ga. was stopped by a deputy sheriff, who wanted him to follow him to the magistrate's office to pay the ticket (out of state tags). My friend told him Hell no! They made a movie about this place! The deputy let him mail it in.

There are other exciting places to be arrested in the US, but I guess it depends on the sort of excitement you are seeking.

Here's to mayhem! :toast:

-Hoot

The local sheriff stopped us (hippie-types, six or eight in the car). After checking us out, they apologized and told us they had recently had one of their tribe killed by a transient so they were being cautious. Don't blame them.

Oh, and then there was the time hitchhiking along California Hwy 1. After sleeping on the beach, when we got back to the side of the road, the cop checked us out...

And then the time just outside of Reno.....

The good old days.

in San Diego. He explained you couldn't sleep there, and that sometimes people who did got jumped or worse, especially if female. He checked my name for warrants, etc. and walked me back to my car. He was actually very nice about it. San Diego County Sheriff

up to Santa Rosa.

My friend had left his ID back in Wisconsin. The cop was suspicious when he couldn't produce any ID. "You don't just come all the way across the country without any ID."

We laughed because we had realized that he left it behind even before we were out of Oshkosh but decided not to go back.

The cop just shook his head, he must have thought we were stupid but not dangerous.

Hitchhiking was always an adventure. Nowadays I don't know how it would go.

You need to set a bad example for your grandchilden. This serves two noble purposes simultaneously: You teach the grandkids a little rebellious Cheesehead spunk, and you avenge yourself on your children.

Embarrass your children. It's the only way.

:rofl:

But I love it!

I think that was before 1971. It was a documentary on PBS.

Was that the cause?

might have been the year the teaching assistants went on strike and closed UW down for the last half of the semester.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/filmmore/index.html

Based on the book They Marched Into Sunlight by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss, Two Days in October tells the story of two turbulent days in October 1967 when history turned a corner.

In Vietnam, a U.S. battalion unwittingly marched into a Viet Cong trap. Sixty-one young men were killed and as many wounded. The ambush prompted some in power to wonder whether the war might be unwinnable.

Half a world away, concerned students at the University of Wisconsin protested the presence of Dow Chemical recruiters on campus. When Madison police showed up, the demonstration spiraled out of control, marking the first time that a student protest had turned violent.

Told entirely by the people who took part in the harrowing events of those two days -- American soldiers, police officers, relatives of men killed in battle, protesting students, university administrators and Viet Cong fighters -- the film offers a window onto a moment that divided a nation and a war that continues to haunt us



Do you remember the "Pail and Shovel Party"?

Didn't he become president of the student council?

I remember the president responding to complaints about mandatory fees for student council by standing at registration exit and handing out a penny to everyone as a rebate.

Isn't that the party that put the Statue of Liberty on the lake behind the Union and marched with boomboxes in the parade?

I was a freshman in 69, remember seeing the Kroger's store burning on University Ave, tear gas on the mall for months afterward and the AMRC bombing at Sterling Hall.

I turned 18 a couple weeks after starting school, had a deferrment and remember listening on the radio to the numbers being drawn for the draft. My mother still claims she would have shipped me to Canada rather than let me be drafted. (Maybe a draft now could involve more people in the resistance and get us out of the MidEast.)

And were the talk of the campus. We wanted something like that. During the 1979, Chris Clark, the leader of a punk band called "Dow Jones and the Industrials" decided to run for student council and use the posters as a promotion for his band. He was successful.

His council launched the "vegetable of the week" in concert with the Ag school and the dorm cafeterias. When Ronald Reagan showed up to campaign in the primary election, they designated him as "vegetable of the week".

Prescient

"Although being arrested is on my bucket list"


I've been arrested many times. Trust me, it ain't that great!

that was for suspicion of drugs!
A classic one for me was the "Pentagon blockade" May '72 where those arrested were put on school busses because of the large numbers. On the way to where we would be processed and booked, we realized there was no officer on the bus, just the (hired) driver. We asked if he'd stop and let us out, which he did. We headed back to the protest...

Other times where not nearly so jolly. However,

I commend you for having that on your 'bucket list'
Keep us posted.

Or the teabaggers initiate violence

They were there to provoke. Considering the 50 thousand + are the ones losing something, and should be the angry ones, that wasn't the case.

the worst moves Walker could make. It would be a sign of weakness and any violence would reflect badly on the Republicans and teabaggers. The opportunity for iconic visuals that bolster the cause would be huge.

The really humiliating part would come when the Guard refuses to cooperate, just like the riot cops apparently did last night.

...with complimentary pina coladas.

until the governor agrees to TALK about it. his rigidity is so arrogant and hateful.

... he presumes that massive opposition from average Americans is a sign he's doing something right.

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why do republicans hate democracy?

They didn't have to but they did. :thumbsup:

Damn.

We were in line with the kids, waiting to go in, and one of the cops outside the door said, "Have a good time!"

We thanked him and went in.

We did have good time, too.

Thanks, MPD!

I've lived in Madison for 56 :cry: years and I've never had an unpleasant experience with a Madison Police Officer. In fact they have always been polite and helpful to me. The MPD is led by Chief Noble Wray:

They are an extremely well-trained and professional police force, and are some of Madison's local heroes.

I'm proud of you folks up there, and proud of DU for helping spread the word. Now to donate!!!!

i cant post this where it really matters with a link only from DU.

thanks

http://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=2512


:hi:

:popcorn: :puke: :fistbump:


thanks, good journey

And the MPD and their cheery spirit.

@4thGrdTeach

A teacher from my district is receiving threats and had car windows smashed b/c she appeared on CNN in protest #wiunion #killthebill

I just saw the video posted where they interviewed Walker's son teacher. I seen her at the Capitol yesterday.

I wonder if we will hear anything about it.

He lives and works in a town a hundred miles away.

His department got a call the night before. He said they were asking fifty jurisdictions to send five hundred officers.

He said he had a great day, no trouble at all.

You're not going to hear that press release on Fox News.

K&R :thumbsup:

If that isn't a joke I'm impressed. Very impressed. In all of this madness, there is sanity after all.

:-)

they were trying to push out. This will really spoil it for them.

Digby: Fever Dreams of Dirty Thugs.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x589245

They need to recall or impeach that Bozo.