Wis. man arrested for playing too much cowbell

[Ichingcarpenter]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) -- Demonstrators calling for the recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker learned there really is such a thing as too much cowbell.

Oshkosh police arrested a 26-year-old Appleton man on Thursday after he kept playing a cowbell and shaking it in an officer's face when he and other protesters were told to be quiet.

The Oshkosh Northwestern reports ( http://oshko.sh/zKwPVV ) that when the officer tried to take the cowbell, the man pushed the officer. A 25-year-old Appleton woman then hit the officer in the back with her picket sign while the man was being handcuffed.

Both were taken to the Winnebago County Jail. Police will recommend that the man be charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and the woman be charged with disorderly conduct and battery to an officer.

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[WingDinger]

1. Winnebago jail? Is that like mobile weapons lab?

[annabanana]

2. rec'd for the cowbell!. . . . . and the Winnebago

DUzy!

[joeglow3]

3. Good.

1. Ring bell in face of police officer who told you to be quiet.
2. When he reaches for said bell you shove him.
3. When you being handcuffed, someone else him officer with a weapon in the back.

Sorry, but these assholes are doing more damage than good for our cause.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. So this is how Walker wins friends? Nothing like being recalled. Time is short.

[Lochloosa]

5. You just don't hit a cop.....it does not end well

[hfojvt]

6. as I understand it

it is illegal for Appletonians to be in Oshkosh unless they are there to spend money. These people are lucky it was the police who caught them instead of the Oshkosh west alumni association because we'd have beat their butts just like we did in the 1987 sectional tournament.

[msongs]

7. "...told to be quiet." not sure our enemy police can enforce that one nt

[spanone]

8. don't fear the reaper

[pansypoo53219]

9. the appleton area is rite wing.

i think the cop could have been heavy handed.

[Honeycombe8]

10. Too funny! I wonder how many have seen the SNL Chris Walken Cowbell sketch?

It's absolutely hilarious.