Wisconsin Police Have Joined Protest Inside State Capitol

Walker thought this was going to be a simple walk in the park - think again bud.

This is very uplifting to watch. I wish all of the people standing for the betterment of social justice in Wisconsin only the best. Keep the spirit of freedom alive!

We have a crack in the wall, one of the republican senators has announced he will not support the union busting bill as written. Additionally the police have chose not to remove the protesters from the capital building.
The people are speaking and are being heard.

This is just ridiculous.... they should all be fired and booted out

Nice. Kudos to the police in Wisconsin!

i gotta tell ya, the first time i read this, it brought tears to my eyes. and now, a second time i read it, and the wonderful comments posted, the tears are starting to roll down my cheeks. i am so moved by the solidarity of the police. and then reading you all's comments. there is great hope and courage around us yet.

‘We have been ordered by the legislature to kick you all out at 4:00 today. But we know what’s right from wrong. We will not be kicking anyone out, in fact, we will be sleeping here with you!’ - The Greatest Quote of this Whole Situation.

Gov. Walker ordered the police to kick peaceful protesters off public property. Those people would not have left willingly, and force would have been used to remove the protesters. The Police Officers were right in what they did, and I am so proud of my Countrymen, willing to stand up for their rights, even if it means standing up against an oppressive State Government.

The Police disobeyed an unlawful order. It was a very brave, and courageous thing to do. I could not be prouder, and today I feel confident in saying that "We are all citizens of Wisconsin."

I stand with you.

How cool of my WI cops! Just a great, feel good video showing union solidarity and the cops being on the side of the people, who they are paid to protect. Not corporate bosses who own governors.

I think Walker had hoped that by excluding law enforcement and firefighters, it would keep them off the picket lines. I hope for his continued miscalculation.

Together with the clergy, law enforcement and firefighters make up the three-legged stool that is the virtue and value support establishment of most communities. When they all line up with the citizens they serve on the opposite side of a argument, that issue has no chance of success.

All I know is the state governments are going broke and some of these union members need to cut back on their greed. It's not a god given right to have free medical insurance. Citizens all over our country are getting laid off or having to cut back on their budgets to make it. Yeah you have a good ride when the money wasnt an issue, but we are in a financial crisis, which means we can't afford all the freeloaders and dead weight. Stop being so greedy..on both sides of the asile.

A busload of eastern Iowa union members is headed to Wisconsin to support workers protesting their governor's proposal to limit union rights.

KCRG-TV reports that the bus that left Cedar Rapids Saturday morning was paid for by Scott Smith, president of the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Building Trades Council. Smith said union workers going on the trip believe that teachers and workers who plow snow and clean streets deserve fair wages.

Good to see a part of the America I love that I thought was lost.

Divide and water cannons?

The bill that Republicans have rammed through the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature ends bargaining rights of all public employees, but with police, firefighters and state troopers being exempted by law.

More silently and like Kadafi, the empowered man at the top will need to make certain that all of his Exempt Guard is unswervingly loyal to him. It should not take long to cull out any misfits and troublemakers like the off-duty officers that have joined the people.

But will the Wisconsin National Guard’s allegiance be to Commanding Governor Walker or as in Egypt will the military forces stand with the demonstrating people?

Though Governor Valker does not enjoy the firepower provide by a Krupp Munitions Works, or access to IG Farben’s lethal chemical Zyklon B, he has the ear of David Koch and funds must be expended to arm loyal firefighters with water cannon to quell the rabble in the street.

What a good feeling you have to get from hearing something like this. We all need to stay strong and fight these fascist haters of freedom! Also, stay away from corporate media! It's a cesspool of infotainment only, not news!

Man, for all the times I've typed Fuck the Police in response to the actions of a few bad apples, it is with extreme joy that I now type:

Love the Police!

GOOOOOOO !!!!!!

Why wouldn't the cops stand with he people after all Walker was trying to be slick by excluding them when i fact he wasn't.

The cops realize they are meant to serve the people not the corpirate emperors.
If the national guard are called up I hope they come to the same conclusion that the army in Egypt came to, their job is to protect the people not to serve the whims of a dictator.

The president knows what he is doing his coming here would give the media, walker, and the republicans a lot of ammunition as to the cost to the tax payers of wisconsin for all the expences involved.Also I really believe he is getting done what he wants which is getting the people to step up and get involved in their state and also in their federal government.When 2012 and 2014 comes around what are they going to remember when they go to polls a few hours when the president came to madison or the weeks on end that the police, firefighters,teachers and protesters took on the political and big money people that came to take over wisconsin.The republican representatives who cast their vote in favor of this bill it is to late but you republican senators better get out of your offices and take a good long look at all those people out there your vote will have a lot of bearing on your success in elections in the near future.

so why they reporting troopers are gonna clear the state house wheres the rest of th estory peeps

I found this great post on MD site. Supporting Unions. Part 2

What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children

X 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here! There sure is!

The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/18­0 days = $277.77/pe­r day/30 students=$­9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensiv­e baby-sitte­r and they even EDUCATE your kids!)

WHAT A DEAL!!!!

Good, the power should always be with the people, not government.

Good men . Very proud of my country right now . Proud of humanity . The good clearly outnumber the wicked .

I love this.

can it be we are all, finally, finally waking up? well, all of us except for the trolls and hate-mongers.

At this point in time, it is not the place of the U.S. President to step in and end what has been peaceful protest. This is still a "state jurisdictional matter", and must be allowed to play out. This is the will of the people of the state of Wisconsin, voicing and demonstrated their disapproval of their newly elected governor. At this point, federal interference is not afforded by the constitution!

This is absolutely beautiful!!

Maybe this will stop the left from hating cops.

Groovy

This is such a cool piece of news. Love it!

Hey! Let the Kochs balance all state budgets! It's our money anyway!

Love it, ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

It appears as though the wind is changing, and has the possibility of getting behind our sails. This is the time to act, to raise our main sail and catch the wind to reform. Wisconsin is one issue on a long laundry list which we must address, now! Now is the time to demand that corporate interference be eliminated from our government. Now is the time to demand total campaign finance reform, and get the Kochs of America out of our legislatures! Now is the time to make it illegal for our Congressmen to accept any money from outside and special interests! Because all of this, is why we are having to protest in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio. We can't just let it rest in Wisconsin, we have to take it to the nation's capitol. Email your congressmen and the president and demand that any and all special interest money be banned from government, and, total reform of campaign finance now! Get the Kochs out of Congress, Once, and, For All!

I am very happy to hear that the police are doing what is right and not what is being ordered, especially when the orders are wrong. The Governor has stepped up to his neck in crap. I'm just waiting for someone to put their foot on his head and push.

fantastic stuff... why isnt obama stopping this? hes allowing the people to get railroaded while he's being vocal about his disapproval of the egyptian and libyan government leaders for not listening to their people... how long has this been going on in wisconsin now? almost 2 weeks? what has obama said about it?