Are the Wisconsin Cops Going to Flee Their Duty Too?

The other day I posted an item about the plans to clear the Wisconsin Capitol Building this afternoon so they can clean the debris from the dippy doper drum-bangers who have been occupying the building for many days. The building will reopen in the morning, but for some this smacks of government abuse. The state cops, who are tasked with this debris removal (the people, not the trash) are apparently threatening to disobey lawful orders from their superiors and in effect stage an insurrection.

William Jacobson has the details at his blog, Legal Insurrection.

Some off-duty cop made an insipid speech about how the police work for the people and not the politicians, and though in a small sense that's true, they do not take their orders from the people, they take them from the elected and appointed leaders who have been given that authority under the law. Using that cop's logic the next time I'm stopped for a traffic violation I'm going to order the cop to tear up the ticket.   After all, he works for me.

Any cop who refuses a lawful order from his superiors must be fired. Period. The end. Fired. No recourse, no appeal.  Fired.  I don't care if they have to clean out the entire State police until they get down to the people who understand and obey the law.  There are plenty of out-of-work Wisconsinites who would be willing and able to take their place.

This whole protest movement is going to be good for Wisconsin in the long run because they're going to be able to identify a lot of people who are dangerous to the financial health of the state or are unwilling to do their jobs.  Cleaning those people out of government will be a significant step in returning that state to fiscal health.

UPDATE:  Apparently sanity has prevailed, at least among the cops.  They're enforcing the Capitol closure order, though not acting in any particular hurry.

UPDATE 2:  Wisconsin cops wimp out: New Media Meade catches protesters leaving the Capitol and the scene outside — including the scoop from police that anyone who wants to stay will be allowed.