(Wisconsin) State police leader says Senate resolution is ‘insanely wrong’

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http://www.biztimes.com/daily/2011/3/3/state-police-leader-says-senate-resolution-is-insanely-wrong

A resolution calling for the arrest and detention of 14 Democratic Senators if they do not show up at the Capitol today is “insanely wrong” and an “unreasonable abuse of police power,” according to James Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA).

The WPPA is the labor union representing nearly 11,000 active and retired law enforcement officers in the state.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) and his Republican cohorts in the Senate approved a resolution this morning instructing police to compel the Democrats “with or without force” to go to the Capitol by 4 p.m. today

“Politics aside, encouraging the forcible detention of duly elected lawmakers because they won’t allow you to dictate with a free hand is an unreasonable abuse of police power,” Palmer said. “Due to the fact that Wisconsin officers lack any jurisdiction across state lines, does Senator Fitzgerald intend to establish a ‘lawmaker border patrol? The thought of using law enforcement officers to exercise force in order to achieve a political objective is insanely wrong and Wisconsin sorely needs reasonable solutions and not potentially dangerous political theatrics.”

Palmer told BizTimes today that a politically neutral and reasonable person looking at Wisconsin’s crisis would conclude that the Walker administration is restricting the access of Wisconsin’s people to their Capitol, and now Fitzgerald is trying to command police action against the Republicans’ political enemies.

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1. The emerging police state, this is one of the tests as to how far R govs. can go. n/t

[glinda]

3. And they will go all the way as long as they can. With Judges in place, they can

actually replace everyone with hostile peeps who will do their bidding as well as throw Obama out of office and shut the the WH. The world is their oyster.
We are being too nice. Dems are being too nice. That is why they are caving, they have NO power.

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4. Many dems of today are weak IMO. There is no fire in them, too nice and too

compromising, talking like they are asking permission to speak. Also, I don't think enough people are paying attention to those parts of the country that elect judges. There is a concerted effort to put in RW judges, it's pretty easy, because so many people don't bother to vote for judges. They leave it up to someone else and the RW is pleased to do that for them electing whom they damn well please. Even with the majorities many of the dems did not act like they were in power.

And then we have the supreme court, pretty RW. They did a good job of taking the office of pres. away from Gore. Bush got in by an edge both times. The line up of republican talent for the WH run in 2012 is pretty dismal, but the R's will climb and claw over anyone.

When I grew up dems were pretty powerful and strong, I just can't say that today.

I have a feeling in my lifetime this will be an abysmal place to live for the majority of citizens and they will wonder why, because there will be a lack of generational memory.

[glinda]

5. Also there is lack of real media outlets. Keep em' stupid. Easier to control.

[fishwax]

2. it's kind of amusing to see how desperate and frantic they are about this

It would be more amusing if it weren't for the police state implications, but even so ...