....sigh... this was SOOOOOOOOOOO predictable.
According to the Milwaukke Journal:
University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Sue Riseling said in a Dane County courtroom on Thursday that police this morning found 41rounds of .22-caliber ammunition outside of the State Capitol.
Riseling said 11 rounds were found outside the State St. entrance, 29 rounds near the King St. entrance and one round near the Hamilton St. area.
Since the ammunitition was found at THREE separate entrances, this obviously wasn't some absent minded person "dropping" a few bullets here and there. It was clearly placed so that it would be quickly found - by the right people
This has Scott Walker supporter/Tea Bagger written all over it.
Not the least bit coincidental, this find came at the same time the state was requesting a court order to shut down the Capitol.
State officials plan to ask a Dane County judge this afternoon for a court order that would allow police to remove all unauthorized people inside the State Capitol.
The judge, Dane County Circuit Court Judge John Albert, did not rule on the order.
The draft order states: "By 3 p.m., DOA shall order that all unauthorized people, including those who have remained in the State Capitol past the building's closing, exit the building at its closing time and that no unauthorized people shall be allowed to remain in the building after its closing time from now on.
"DOA shall take such steps as are necessary to conduct a security check of the State Capitol building and grounds."
The draft order says that, if unauthorized people don't leave, police can fine, remove or arrest people.
The draft order also requests that the Department of Administration be allowed to remove unauthorized materials posted or hung on walls inside the Capitol. The proposed deadline for removing materials would be 6 p.m. Thursday.
The stated purpose of the proposed order is to conduct a security check of the building and grounds.
The proposed order says the state would report back to Albert by noon Friday with a status report and with a plan regarding access to the Capitol.
I will add more to this diary as information becomes available.
Updated by Mr Rick at Thu Mar 3, 2011, 06:42:58 PM
In addition to viewing the building security tapes, as commenters have suggested, I wish someone could find out the exact timeline between the finding of the ammunition and the state's request for the court order to shut the capital down for "security purposes." This all seems a little too convenient for Herr Walker.
You'all can correct me if I am wrong, but I did not hear a statement from the Governor nor the Senate Leader nor the Capitol police immediately alerting the good people of Wisconsin of this terrifying find and assuring them that they would find the perpetrator that so violently threatened their statehouse. It seems to me that their first act was just to run to the judge to get a court order to keep EVERYONE out of the Capitol building.
Again, I am open to corrections from anyone, but, really, this doesn't even pass the laugh test.
And to think there could be four more years of this?