Video, transcripts of Wisconsin protesters after Wednesday night vote to limit collective bargaining to financial issues

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Wisconsin is one of 25 states that limit collective bargaining.

"Windows have been broken"

3/10/11, "Meade's video of the scene at the (Wisconsin) Capitol tonight," Althouse blog, Ann Althouse

(My, my, whatever happened to being 'civil' toward others, and accepting government's decisions? ed.)

"2:14 — "When I say Walker, you say douchebag. Walker." "Douchebag." "Walker." "Douchebag."

2:50 — "You can't recall Walker. You have to force him to resign... Strike... We're going to shut down state government... A series of mass strikes, otherwise it's over... Blockade government buildings... We have to make Madison a shining example to the world... General strike..."

5:33 — "Do whatever is necessary. Because we will win."

7:37 — Meade finds the open door. Chanting: "Our house. Our house. Our house."

8:23 —3 state troopers, seemingly overwhelmed. One says "I'm good." Somebody says "I have an appointment with the Governor. My name is Cocksucker." You overhear Meade describing things over the phone with me. "The troopers are way outnumbered."

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3/9/11, " "Shortly after 8 p.m., hundreds of protesters gathered outside the locked King Street entrance to the Capitol, chanting 'Break down the door!' and 'General strike!'"

""Moments later, police ceded control of the State Street doors and allowed the crowd to surge inside." writes the Wisconsin State Journal.

It's not clear why police abandoned efforts to limit access to the Capitol Wednesday night, but Department of Administration spokesman Tim Donovan said "windows have been broken" to get in. He said he could not immediately provide specifics.

3 alternate theories of mine: 1. The police are sympathetic with the protests and facilitating them, 2. The police were overwhelmed by the numbers and retreated, 3. The police have a strategy of accommodating the crowd and letting them express and expend its energy.

Protesters jammed three floors of the Capitol and packed the bridges that connect the four wings of the Capitol, prompting alarm by police and others that those parts of the building might collapse.

Meade overheard some talk among the police about the capacity of the wooden components of the building to bear the load."...

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At about 2:15 a protest leader leads a "douchebag" chant. (Isn't this divisive?) Video provided by Althouse blog.

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Video of protesters storming Wisconsin state house after vote. Taken by MacIver Institute.



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