Capitol Arrests Continue as Solidarity Sing include more Vets for Peace 9th Day of Mass Arrests

[annm4peace]

http://wcmcoop.com/2013/08/08/capitol-arrests-continue-as-solidarity-sing-along-grows/
More people, including veterans and a teenager, were arrested for singing out their grievances to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-dominated state legislature in the Capitol rotunda today.

Local participants were joined by attendees of the Veterans for Peace National Convention and the Democracy Convention which are being held in downtown Madison this week. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink: Women For Peace, an activist organization established to call for the end of the Iraq war sat in the center of the rotunda and sang for the entire hour, but was not issued a citation.

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Several out-of-town conventioneers were among those arrested. Because of their out-of-town status they were taken to jail instead of the basement of the Capitol for processing.
(in the center of the pictures in blue shirt is Vet for Peace, Ret. Col. Ann Wright..along with other Veterans next to her)

Yesterday Capitol Police Information Officer Stephanie Marquis announced that the police would not be arresting spectators, despite the multiple warnings visitors and workers at the Capitol have been given over the past two weeks. Capitol Police Lieutenant Sloey confirmed that they would not be warning or arresting spectators today.

Today’s arrests bring the total number of people arrested up to 104, and the number of citations up to 197, plus seven misdemeanors. The first people arrested on July 24 go to court for initial appearances tomorrow morning at 10.

Those wishing to support the legal defense fund can donate to www.solidaritysingalong.org

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[Downwinder]

1. Wish I could be there.

[democrank]

3. I do too, Downwinder.

K & R

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. If we allow the corporate overloards to equate dissent with terrorisim we are truly fucked.

We ALL need to start speaking truth to power NOW.

These people are true patriots!

[midnight]

4. Wisconsin uprising was the first wave of the global anti-austerity protests to arrive in the U.S.

http://warisacrime.org/content/remaking-world-madison-wisconsin

[Scuba]

6. Thanks for the link midnight!

[midnight]

7. Your welcome.... I hope others will find this link too...

[Scuba]

5. Thank you protesters!!! And thank you annm4peace for posting!!

[Plucketeer]

8. Not much I can say from my comfy

west coast perch. I admire these fine folks - and my heart is with them even if I can't join them in person.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

9. I watched the video

and I can't see any reason why the people arrested were singled out. They were both holding flowers- is that it? No flowers allowed in the Capitol? That's the only thing I see that sets these people apart...

[joanbarnes]

10. What are trying to prove by arresting people for singing?