More threats to Scott Walker supporters are surfacing.
Michael Hintze, Wisconsin Tea Party Patriots State Coordinator, received a menacing phone call.
Lisa Sink writes:
Police are increasing patrols near the Brookfield home of a state tea party leader who has pushed for greater health and pension concessions from public employees after he received a veiled death threat over the weekend.
Wisconsin Tea Party Patriots State Coordinator Michael Hintze told police when he answered a call on his cell phone about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, a male voice "asked if he was wearing a bullet-proof vest" and then hung up.
The caller's identity had been blocked, and AT&T could not trace the call, which came up as a "private caller." Police likely will be unable to trace the call since it was blocked, Police Capt. Jim Adlam said Monday.
Hintze asked for increased patrols near his Brookfield residence and planned to purchase equipment that would allow future calls, should they occur, to be traced. Extra patrols are occurring.
...The weekend phone call to Hintze remains under investigation.
Every threat like this that comes to light seriously harms the unions' cause.
These tactics are inexcusable.
No one should receive a phone call asking if one is "wearing a bullet-proof vest."
That sort of thuggery and intimidation reveals the unions' desperation.
They are willing to threaten the physical safety of individuals to advance their assault on middle class taxpayers.
The escalation in violent rhetoric, vandalism, and threats should be the lead story in the continuing coverage of Wisconsin's budget repair bill.
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