Police now asking for voluntary compliance to leave the capitol building.

[Hannah Bell]

If people don't leave, police will "reevaluate".

working with the union leadership.

http://www.livestream.com/theuptake

[snot]

1. Why?

[Hannah Bell]

2. i guess because they want people to leave.

dane county sheriff is now praising the protestors for being so civil.

Q: Will the people be arrested if they stay?

A: A decision which will be made by capitol police & wisconsin gov't.

http://www.livestream.com/theuptake

[Aerows]

5. I noticed there are suddenly a flood of right wing comments...

... on the site, there. Looks like they are getting a little nervous that things aren't working out like they hoped. Many of them are openly hoping for riots and tear gassing people. Just absolutely sick people.

[FBaggins]

8. They don't want that crowd in there for the Assembly vote.

Not sure that there's any way they can avoid it though. The republicans will be lucky if they can get through the crowd to the building itself.

[Hannah Bell]

13. that's in the morning 11 am.

[FBaggins]

16. Unless they try to pull another fast one.

Would you put it by them?

In some circumstances I think they can even meet offsite. Wonder if they'll even tell assembly democrats.

[Oilwellian]

18. There's a huge sit-in blocking their way

They're presently playing reruns on WI capitol livestream site The Uptake. Perhaps they'll show it again soon. The Senators tomorrow will have to step over people to get in the Assembly room where the vote is to occur. A cop standing nearby was asked what he thought of the sit in and he said it's the greatest example of Democracy in action. :D

http://www.livestream.com/theuptake

[eilen]

They probably got a phone call and an order from the Gov's

lackeys.

[Webster Green]

3. The County Sheriff is praising the protesters.

He was great!

[Oilwellian]

19. I saw that interview

and smiled. :D

[Hannah Bell]

4. former mayor now speaking.

can't hear what he's saying, hoping the filmer will recap.

now leading a chant of "the people united"

...and in order for the people not to be defeated...(can't hear...)

what a crackup, camera focusing on someone sitting zazen in a leotard.

"let's all chill out. no one's telling anybody what they should do. we're simply saying..."

interrupted by chants of "this is what democracy looks like..."

feed frozen...

[Hannah Bell]

15. feed now outside: "union busting!"

back inside "union busting"

bunch of people crowded near a door

hall, some kind of police checkpoint - actually, that's a piece of footage i've already seen, don't know what's up with that.

back to rotunda, someone speaking, can't hear..this may be earlier footage too, not sure what's going on.

yeah, definitely old footage now...i've seen this before.

[FBaggins]

6. Lol. Gotta love it.

"Um... no"

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. They don't have to leave. That building is theirs.

They need to stay put.

[gratuitous]

9. They voluntarily left once before

And Walker and his Republican stooges immediately broke faith with them. Fool us once, shame on you. Now the powers that be want the citizens to vacate the Capitol again. History says the Republicans can't be trusted.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

10. On Twitter

MSpicuzzaWSJ Mary Spicuzza
by maddow
There will be no effort to clear the state Capitol tonight, DOA spokesman Tim Donovan says. Police focused on keeping people safe #wiunion

[Hannah Bell]

12. i just saw a policeman live saying they're asking people to leave, and a former mayor

apparently urging them to do so.

[JeffersonChick]

11. k & r

[lonestarnot]

14. Reevaluate esmalulate. What are they gona do shoot everybody? No.

They will not, and I hope they stay!

[progressoid]

17. Exactly.

And the crowd is only going to get bigger. Then they'll have to reevaluate again!