They are “doing so without warrants, sufficient oversight, or meaningful accountability,” says the ACLU.read more

Fifty-five years ago, nine African-American children wanted to get a good education in Little Rock, Ark. We should salute them today not just for integrating all-white Central High School but also for helping to tear down the old walls of racism.read more

The new police chief uses dubious arrests plus PR BS to close down the open, democratic space of the state capitol.read more

About 150 people showed up at the Madison Capitol rotunda today for the Solidarity Sing Along after news of the Capitol Police delivering citations to people’s homes spread last night.read more

Rather than arresting people in the capitol, the police are filming them and nabbing them later.read more

" I was very shocked and disappointed today when you walked out of a meeting scheduled in my office," she wrote, saying he refused "to answer the most basic questions about the basis for recent arrests in the state Capitol and the specific conduct you believe to be unlawful.read more

More than 200 defenders of free speech defy police orders not to carry signs.read more

Police arrest four more free speech defenders, while arbitrarily leaving others alone. And a Marine vet asks for help with his PTSD.read more

Wisconsin Democratic Representative Chris Taylor calls these arrests “absolutely crazy.” She adds: “It’s really too bad that the new chief is proceeding this way.”read more

Eight people were arrested on Wednesday for holding signs or T-shirts in the capitol.read more

They challenge the new capitol police chief, who is initiating a crackdown.read more

“If it’s the right thing to do, keep doing it,” she told us.read more

Tuesday’s Sing Along was attended by more than 200 people and kicked off with a recitation of the section in the Wisconsin State Constitution about “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”read more