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Dramatic footage of Burlington Filmmaker Sam Mayfield and another reporter being arrested today, (seemingly) for reporting on the people of Wisconsin speaking out on Governor Scott Walker's attempt to end public employees collective bargaining rights.
Please call and email Scott Walker and tell him “Hands off the press!”
Email: govgeneral@wisconsin.gov
Phone: (608) 266-1212
http://www.democracynow.org/bl…
More than a thousand Wisconsin workers marched through Madison, Wisconsin, today to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s “budget repair” bill that slashes collective bargaining rights and funding for education, health care, and seniors’ programs. During the march, police took into custody two credentialed journalists who were filming the protest.
Democracy Now! spoke with one of the reporters, Sam Mayfield, about 15 minutes after she was cited for disorderly conduct and released. Mayfield has been documenting protests in Madison since February for an upcoming documentary.