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Indiana Official: "Use Live Ammunition" Against Wisconsin Protesters | Mother Jones #wisolidarity #wiunion

Indiana Official: "Use Live Ammunition" Against Wisconsin Protesters | Mother Jones

Indiana Official: "Use Live Ammunition" Against Wisconsin Protesters

A conservative deputy AG let his emotions get out of hand. It wasn't the first time.

Wed Feb. 23, 2011 12:01 AM PST

On Saturday night, when Mother Jones staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators out of the Wisconsin capitol building—something that didn't end up happening—one Twitter user sent out a chilling public response: "Use live ammunition."

From my own Twitter account, I confronted the user, JCCentCom. He tweeted back that the demonstrators were "political enemies" and "thugs" who were "physically threatening legally