An Inside View of WI Governor Walker's Budget Address, by lil bird

[RhodaA]

Suppressing Dissent: An Inside View of WI Governor Walker's Budget Address
by lil bird, Daily Kos

The Governor apparently wanted to be able to claim that members of the general public were also allowed to attend, because he had officers hand-pick 20 clean-cut, mostly older individuals out of the crowd outside to receive special passes to watch his speech. These people were shepherded inside, in some cases without being told where they were being taken ...

Near the end of the speech everyone rose to their feet, with most of those in the chamber applauding wildly. One woman in the back stood up with the rest of the crowd but booed softly, at which point the state troopers surrounded her and told her she had to leave. The troopers also rounded up two other nearby individuals who had not been doing anything besides standing, and told them they would be escorted out as well.

Continue:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/02/951668/-Suppressing-Dissent:-An-Inside-View-of-WI-Governor-Walkers-Budget-Address

[FreakinDJ]

1. Is Walker related to Mubarak

BTW: Welcome to DU

[gkhouston]

2. At least one of the people ejected yesterday is scheduled to give testimony

today when the hearing about re-opening the Capitol continues.