Campus police pulled the plug on an electrical generator at a campus anti-war rally that attracted about 200 students late Thursday morning. The protesters did not have a permit to hold a rally with amplification in front of Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Capt. Brian Bridges. When he began speaking with organizers during the rally, protesters chanted “Free speech! Free speech!” and began to push forward toward the microphone.
But the tensions did not erupt into violence. The protesters held the rest of the rally with megaphones and by shouting.