I was arrested for singing.

MemaW

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Tuesday August 20, 2013 · 7:21 AM PDT

2013/08/20 · 07:21

Wednesday, August 7th, was a very strange day in my formerly wonderful state of Wisconsin. My friend and I went to Madison to shop, visit the State Capitol at noon to sing, and then we were probably going to go to Olbrich Gardens to see the butterflies, and maybe visit a quilt shop!

We knew that it was possible to be arrested for singing...which is a very strange thing to say, I must tell you!! It has been declared unlawful for more than 20 people to gather and sing in our beautiful capitol without a permit. This peaceful singing began over two years ago during the Wisconsin Uprising when hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Madison around the square and in the capitol to protest very abrupt lawmaking leading to the loss of collective bargaining rights fought for years before by our parents and grandparents- a discussion for another day!

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