Tag: Dave Erwin
Citizen Dave: Dave Erwin should meet & talk with Solidarity Sing Along participants
This is worth a read… It’s always a hard to understand in the moment if a form of direct action is helping or hurting the cause. Sitting in at lunch counters is now understood to be heroic and important. But at the time, even some of those who supported civil…
Scott Walker’s Capitol Police Chief bought and paid for with a double-digit pay raise
Wisconsin State Capitol Police Chief Dave Erwin: bought and paid for by Gov. Scott Walker. Gov. Scott Walker’s administration rewarded the new hardline Capitol Police chief and his top deputy with double-digit pay raises earlier this year after moving the pair on paper to phantom jobs for two weeks and…
VIDEO: When a pay raise trumps an oath to uphold the Constitution
Wisconsin State Constitution (Article 1, Section 4) states: The right of the people peaceably to assemble, to consult for the common good, and to petition the government, or any department thereof, shall never be abridged. Apparently Wisconsin State Capitol Police officers, who the last time I checked swore an oath…
Federal judge issues injunction against Walker administration Capitol permit requirements
Yesterday federal judge William Conley, the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, issued an order preventing officials in the administration of Republican Gov. Scott Walker from “(1) distinguishing based on the content of the speech between “rallies” and other events for permitting…
Police unions issue statement regarding recent enforcement action at the Capitol
From my email inbox comes this statement from the Madison Professional Police Officers Association and Dane County Deputy Sheriffs Association regarding the actions of Wisconsin Capitol Police (under the direction of Chief Dave Erwin) to infringe on the First Amendment rights of Wisconsinites in the Capitol. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date:…
Since when did Wisconsin devolve into a police state?
Everyone – regardless of political beliefs – should be bothered by this… But the police officers are not happy to have their own photographs taken. Two Isthmus employees — web editor Kristian Knutsen and design artist David Michael Miller — were warned this week that they were “obstructing” police officers…
Thursday Music – “Panic Switch”
At a cost of $103,172 taxpayer dollars, Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief Dave “screw the First Amendment” Erwin has ordered the installation of panic buttons in the State Capitol. While no one has confirmed the number of panic buttons installed in the State Capitol, I’ve been told there could be as…
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