(UPDATE) An hour and a half into Ralph Reed's Faith & Freedom Coalition event at the Tampa Theatre on Sunday afternoon, seven protesters were ejected after they shouted and demonstrated during Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's speech (CL originally reported that six were thrown out of the event).
The seven were "trespassed" but not arrested. This means they were banned from entering the classic indie film showcase for a year, but will have nothing put on their arrest record.
Chicago area activist Danielle Villarreal was in the balcony when she unveiled a banner that read, "Walker hates working families." She and three other people in the balcony were then escorted out by security, along with two others near the front rows stage right.
Walker inflamed liberals, and in particular organized laborers, with his controversial strategy to curb state spending, which included eliminating union rights for most public workers.
This article appears in Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2012.