Tag Archives: freedom of speech
The message for which a woman was arrested and issued a citation. Photo courtesy Lisa Wells.

Capitol Police arrest chalkers on Saturday, deliver candygrams on Sunday

Just when it seemed like the Capitol Crackdown had slowed down again,  five new citations were issued over the weekend. Three citations were given out on Saturday morning during an anti-abortion rally on the State Street steps of the Capitol. Two women with a small group protesting the rally were chalking messages on the sidewalk […]

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Rise Up! The scene over the noon hour at Wisconsin State Capitol Oct 3, 2012. Photo by Lisa Wells.

October 4, 2012

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Dawn Henke in cardiac distress on the floor of the Capitol while handcuffed. Source: Leslie Amsterdam

Capitol Crackdown Sends Disabled Veteran to Hospital, Another Activist to Jail

By Rebecca Kemble, Whitney Steffen, Nicole Schulte and Leslie Amsterdam The Capitol police crackdown on free speech continued today as two more people were arrested leaving the building after a spontaneous gathering in the rotunda. Dawn Henke, a disabled veteran from Phoenix, Arizona, who currently resides in Wausau, was walking out of the Capitol when […]

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