They marched down Kenwood Ave. to Maryland Ave., where they held up traffic behind them. They turned on Locust St. to Oakland Ave., where protester Hannah Engber, a UWM senior from Onalaska, said she first noticed police were following them.
Police warned students to get out of the street, or they would be arrested. Engber said the first person arrested was a male student in front of her.
"He was moving toward the sidewalk," she said. "I was right behind him, and they didn't arrest me."
Wentz-Graff was in the street, photographing the arrest when police grabbed her and arrested her, Engber said.
"They had no regard for her (photography) equipment," she said.
Another male student was arrested when he walked from the sidewalk to the street to find out why police made the arrests, Engber said.
"It was clear they were planning arrests because they brought a van," she said. "Our intentions are not violent, and they know that." Read Full Article Here JSOnline
"A total of eighteen people were arrested and ticketed for offenses that will likely be thrown out in court.
People feel so strongly about protecting and defending their ability to record and document the goings-on in the Assembly because corporate media is doing such a poor job of it. If you’re not at the Capitol on a regular basis, you would find it difficult to believe the impunity with which the rightwing is shoving their racist, sexist, corporatist agenda down the throats of the people of this state.
At 11:00 pm., an amendment to a non-controversial, bipartisan bill that was unanimously voted out of committee was moved that would eliminate affirmative action for African American, Hispanic, American Indian and Hmong students in higher education grants. That sparked more than two hours of outraged filibustering by Democrats, followed by a break for caucus. By 4:00 a.m., Republicans were trying to flush the Dems out of caucus by asking for a quorum call."
Marlene Schwartz, co-author and deputy director of the Rudd Center, said “The beverage industry needs to clean up their youth-directed products: reduce the added sugar, take out the artificial sweeteners, and stop marketing products high in caffeine and sugar to young people. We also need the nutrition facts, including caffeine content, for all beverages, especially energy drinks.”
“Our results clearly show that the beverage industry’s self-regulatory pledges are not working,” concluded co-author Kelly Brownell, director and co-founder of the Rudd Center. “Children are seeing more, not less marketing, for drinks that increase the risk for serious diseases. If the beverage companies want to be considered public health partners, they need to do better.”
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"Lets say that you had a Governor who called for a second special session on jobs, except that the bills considered would do little to nothing to help with unemployment, ret...raining, and the safety net to keep people afloat. And lets say the public was sick of the divisiveness and lack of transparency that accompanies every extreme decision for the past 10 months. What would you do? How about rush through a spontaneous amendment that eliminates race as one of many considerations for incentive grants for disadvantaged students to afford college. Really? The Assembly Republicans have no shame. Tonight marks another low point in the worst legislative session in Wisconsin's history. Where is the leadership? Where are the statesmen/women?"