Protesters Disrupt Wisconsin Budget Hearing

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National Review the Corner:

Christian Schneider
6/3/11

In Madison, Wisconsin, a protest where people don’t get dragged away by the cops is like a Dexy’s Midnight Runners concert where they refuse to play “Come On Eileen.” It’s almost like it never happened.

To date, the nearly four months’ worth of public-sector-union protests have been largely devoid of such pyrotechnics. But no more. Last night, an estimated 30 people were dragged out of a budget committee meeting by Wisconsin Capitol police, with two being held in custody.

At various points during the meeting, single protesters would spring from their seats and begin reading from the Bill of Rights, or yelling something so incomprehensible one would need a copy of Hippie Rosetta Stone to decipher it. As they would be forcibly removed, the crowd would chant, “Police state! Police state!”

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