The occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol by protesters fighting efforts to strip public workers of union bargaining rights carried on Sunday after police decided not to forcibly remove demonstrators and end a nearly two-week-long sit-in. A cheer went up from the several hundred protesters who had ignored a request from the state agency that oversees the Capitol to leave by 4 p.m. so that the normally immaculate building could get a thorough cleaning. “If you want to leave _ it?s totally cool, because the doors will be open around 8 a.m.” on Monday, said protest coordinator Erika Wolf, 25, who works with the United Council of University of Wisconsin Students.
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