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Editorial See other Editorial Articles Title: Madison police chief asks Walker to explain 'troubling' statements Madison police chief asks Walker to explain 'troubling' statements * Story * Discussion Font Size: Default font size Larger font size Madison police chief asks Walker to explain 'troubling' statements DEE J. HALL | dhall@madison.com | 608-252-6132 madison.com | (331) Comments | Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:05 pm * * buy this photo Madison Police Chief Noble Wray Related Galleries Photos: Thursday at the Capitol Photos: Thursday at the Capitol (25) Photos Related Stories * Related: Cieslewicz rebukes Walker for talk of disrupting demonstrations * Related: Walker pranked by caller posing as billionaire donor David Koch Related Links * Related: Full coverage of Gov. Walker's budget repair bill and protests More from this section * State troopers sent to 14 absent senators' homes; find nobody there * As debate over budget cuts continues, religious leaders offer moral views * Madison School District preparing hundreds of teacher layoff notices * Senate Republicans give preliminary approval to voter ID bill; Democrats can't amend it * Senate leader Fitzgerald's wife gets layoff notice More... Madison's mayor and police chief Thursday called on Gov. Scott Walker to explain statements he made in a secretly recorded phone conversation that he "thought about" planting troublemakers among the thousands of demonstrators at the Capitol. "Someone in his inner circle raised seriously the possibility of hiring people to come in and apparently create violence in my city," Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said. "I find it appalling, and I want to know who that was." Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie said the governor had already answered questions about the phone call during a press conference Wednesday in which he acknowledged entertaining — but rejecting — the idea. "People have brought up all sorts of different options," Walker said at the press conference. "As you saw if you've listened to the tape, we shot that down." Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated at the Capitol over the past 11 days, during which Madison police made no arrests. Most of the demonstrators oppose a bill backed by Walker to limit collective bargaining rights for public employees. Madison Police Chief Noble Wray also said he wanted an explanation from the governor, saying he found it "very unsettling and troubling that anyone would consider creating safety risks for our citizens and law enforcement officers" In an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday night, Walker said the idea had come from legislators and others, although he didn't name anyone. In a prank phone call in which he thought he was talking to billionaire campaign contributor David Koch, Walker answered a question about whether he wanted Koch to plant "troublemakers" in the crowd by saying, "The only problem with that ... we thought about that. "... My only fear would be is if there was a ruckus caused that that would scare the public into thinking maybe the governor has got to settle to avoid all these problems." The phone call actually was placed by Ian Murphy, a Buffalo, N.Y., blogger who writes the Buffalo Beast. Copyright 2011 madison.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Posted in Govt-and-politics on Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:05 pm Updated: 7:31 pm. Noble Wray, Scott Walker Budget, Cullen Werwie, Scott Walker, Dave Cieslewicz
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Wow! He thinks it is OK to even consider? I do hope the people of Wisconsin can get him impeached pronto.
Wow! He thinks it is OK to even consider? I do hope the people of Wisconsin can get him impeached pronto. No kidding. His only constraint was that he might get caught, a thought that doesn't bother the FBI. See Seattle a few years ago - the ones first breaking the windows etc were certainly either military of FBI - not that there is much difference.
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