Despite the Department of Administration announcing the Capitol would be closed starting 4 p.m. Sunday, protesters refused to leave, some prepared for arrest, but police never forcibly removed demonstrators from the building.
Religious leaders, union members and University of Wisconsin students said in a press conference they would practice civil disobedience and allow officers to arrest them if law enforcement began forcing protesters out of the Capitol, which opponents of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill have occupied since Feb. 15.
Alex Hanna, co-chair of the Teaching Assistants’ Association, said he would stay and risk arrest because he said the move to close the building was political and only masked as a cleaning requirement.
“This is a politically motivated decision to close the building. Students have been stewards of this building and have helped to keep it clean,” Hanna said.
Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, took the floor at 3:30 p.m., encouraging protesters to follow him out when the building closed.
“We are winning,” Hulsey said. “What we need to do now is walk out those doors at 4 p.m.”
Read the full story at the Badger Herald.
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