Police allow Capitol protesters to stay overnight

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117023583.html

Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs said Sunday night that protesters can remain inside the state Capitol.

"The people who are in the building will be allowed to stay,"Tubbs said. "There will be no arrests unless people violate the law."

Several hundred protesters refused to leave the building when the doors were shut at 4 p.m. as authorities attempted to get the state Capitol back to normal working hours.

"I think this is the best policy,"Tubbs said. "Lock the doors. If you want to leave you can but you cannot return."


Latest: Police vow no forcible removals as protesters hold ground in Capitol
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/27/latest-protesters-refuse-to-leave-wisconsin-capitol-even-after-police-close-building/


watching Brandzel just interviewing 2 policemen
he was surprised that they talked to him

[Luminous Animal]

1. The protesters won and and dinner will be served!

[barbtries]

2. YES!!

this makes me happy.

[mzteris]

3. my friend just posted on FB

she's still there!!

You go, Margaret!!

(She's a teacher, a Union Rep, mom to my son's friend, and my former neighbor, still neighbor to my ex...)

[TomClash]

4. Didn't Walker order them to clear the Capitol?

police refuse to obey orders . . . Walker gets tossed from a bar/restaurant . . . Republican Senator defects.

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5. WI Capitol Police Chief: Protesters Can Stay Tonight

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/wi-capitol-police-chief-protesters-can-stay-tonight.php?ref=fpa

In a major victory for the protesters at the Wisconsin state Capitol -- who were supposed to clear out at 4 p.m. CT today, but have remained inside in the hundreds -- Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs has announced that those protesters still in the building will be able to stay the night.

Protesters will be able to sleep on the ground floor, as cleaning is done of the upper floors. Tubbs said there had been no decisions made yet on what the policy would be for successive nights.

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Tubbs said that various rules will remain in force: People who leave the building at night will not be able to get back in; sleeping bags and backpacks cannot be brought in during regular hours tomorrow; and food will only be brought in through an arrangement with representatives of union groups and other organizers to deliver it to the entrances.

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Tubbs also commended the behavior and cooperation of protesters, saying that there had been no arrests made today. At the last time he checked, on Friday, Tubbs said there had only been about a dozen minor arrests in total over the past two weeks.