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Wisconsin Citizens Dragged From Public Meeting For Video Rec
From Public Meeting For Video Recording
State law clearly allows public meetings to be recorded
A group of citizens who were quietly video recording a Wisconsin State Assembly session Tuesday were dragged out by police, even though state law clearly allows them to do so.
In fact, the first citizen to get dragged out even offered to show the cops the law they are paid to enforce.
But they already had their marching orders from Speaker Pro Tempore Bill Kramer.
The problem was, as Kramer arrogantly pointed out, they were not abiding by the assembly rules, which he said states only credential members of the press are allowed to record a public meeting.
It’s a clear contradiction, but you would think state law would trump house rules.
But Kramer, a republican, wasn’t about to let common sense enter into the discussion.
“We speak for you, we represent you,â€
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