(If you're new to this story, there's a small navy of recreational boaters in Wisconsin who conduct waterborne protests of
We learn from the tweetosphere (mostly from @BatmanWI) that the protest was joined by 25 people on the dock and three boats (motorboats, we assume) plus a half dozen kayaks. The police showed up in boats and, we're told, tried to shoo the protesters away. According to one tweet, the protesters distracted a police boat by pointing out a naked dude on shore.
Here are some tweets that tell the story of tonight's protest:
@BatmanWI: Flying a big banner that says tax the rich and rich is crossed out and it says "eat" under it. #wiunion #wiflotill
@BatmanWI: Police boats are surrounding us and trying to keep us further away #wiunion #wiflotilla
@BatmanWI Thank god for the thin blue line keeping AFSCME signs out of GOP photographs. #wiflotilla
@BatmanWI: Got rid of the one police boat left by pointing out a naked dude on a boat. No joke. #wiunion #wiflotilla
@BatmanWI: We're seriously driving around trying to get the cops off our backs. #wiunion #wiflotilla
@BatmanWI: Once the cops left we pulled out the megaphone and started chanting. #wiunion #wiflotilla
@BatmanWI: Out boat broke. Some nice ladies who heard us chanting "recall Walker" are towing us in. #wiunion #wiflotill
@BatmanWI: Still stuck on the lake. Rescue boat is on the way... Hopefully we get back before the GOP boat gets back. #wiunion #wiflotilla