Did pro-union police violate the First Amendment in Wisconsin?

Ordinarily, protesters who tried to occupy the Wisconsin Capitol Building would be swiftly arrested and removed. But this weekend, police in liberal Madison, Wisconsin not only allowed pro-union protesters to stay and sleep in the state Capitol Building, they joined them.

Wisconsin union supporters applauded this lawlessness. One exulted, “Police have just announced to the crowds inside the occupied State Capitol of Wisconsin: ‘We have been ordered by the legislature to kick you all out at 4:00 today. But we know what’s right from wrong. We will not be kicking anyone out, in fact, we will be sleeping here with you!’ Unreal.”