Door County Man Who Coal-Rolled Anti-Scott Walker Protesters Found Guilty

Gassed by Patrick Markham of Luxemburg, Wisconsin.
Members of the Door County (Wisconsin) Indivisible
Coalition held a small protest in April outside of the
Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club where Scott Walker and
Republicans chided citizens for opposing Walker's
reelection. The gathering of some 38 residents was
disrupted by a white truck, reportedly driven by a local
Republican activist, Patrick Markham, owner
of North Shore Marine Services. The truck
approached the crowd and ejected black smoke
at the gathering, a rightwing tactic to disrupt protests. The
tactic is known variously as "rolling coal" and the "coal
treatment." Rolling coal is the injection of fuel into an
engine to cause a profusion of black exhaust fumes directed
at targets. The fumes are a dangerous pollutant, and
extremely toxic to children.
Patrick Markham claimed in Facebook comments
that he "rolled coal threw, (sic) them when I left work."
Markham also said, "I am glad they got the coal treatment,"
and "Suck my exhaust." Pictured above is a member of
the Door County (Wisconsin) Indivisible Coalition,
holding her baby at the Scott Walker protest.

A Republican activist in Door County, Patrick Markham of Luxemburg, Wisconsin, didn't like an April, anti-Scott Walker protest.

So, Markham approached the crowd in his truck and then gunned his engine and roared his truck next to the protesters and gassed the group by emitting black exhaust, coal rolling, in an apparent attempt to cause the protesting families to breathe in the toxic fumes.

Markham was found guilty today of a municipal civil citation, and faces a likely civil action.

Markham testified in own defense and claimed he was forced to coal roll the group because, Markham claimed, protesters had held their signs too close to his truck earlier that day, April 7, while protesting Gov. Scott Walker (R).

Markham was fined $263.50 plus witness fees totaling some $54.95.

"Markham's testimony on the stand was stupid-on-stupid," said a spectator who is hostile to Republicans.

Scott Walker, Hate and Patrick Markham

Gassed by Patrick Markham of Luxemburg, Wisconsin.
Members of the Door County (Wisconsin) Indivisible
Coalition held a small protest in April outside of the
Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club where Scott Walker and
Republicans chided citizens for opposing Walker's
reelection. The gathering of some 38 residents was
disrupted by a white truck, reportedly driven by a local
Republican activist, Patrick Markham, owner
of North Shore Marine Services. The truck
approached the crowd and ejected black smoke
at the gathering, a rightwing tactic to disrupt protests. The
tactic is known variously as "rolling coal" and the "coal
treatment." Rolling coal is the injection of fuel into an
engine to cause a profusion of black exhaust fumes directed
at targets. The fumes are a dangerous pollutant, and
extremely toxic to children.
Patrick Markham claimed in Facebook comments
that he "rolled coal threw, (sic) them when I left work."
Markham also said, "I am glad they got the coal treatment,"
and "Suck my exhaust." Pictured above is a member of
the Door County (Wisconsin) Indivisible Coalition,
holding her baby at the Scott Walker protest.
"In July 2014, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency stated that the practice was illegal, as it
violated the Clean Air Act," reads an entry in Wikipedia

Sept 14 trial set for toxic-gas, coal-rolling attack in Door County Wisconsin

Updated - Families protested in Sturgeon Bay in northeastern Wisconsin outside a Scott Walker  political event last April 7.

The families are public school, voting rights, clean water and healthcare advocates, almost comically good-natured, speaking in thick Wisconsin accents, as captured on video (Facebook) by Green Bay Press Gazette reporter, Liz Welter.

In Wisconsin, this means these people are demonized by Gov. Scott Walker (R) who faces reelection.

Walker spoke at the Republican Door County Wisconsin Lincoln Day Dinner that day and labeled these people and others objecting to his policies as hateful.

A Republican activist in Door County, Patrick Markham of Luxemburg, Wisconsin, didn't like the anti-Scott Walker sentiment either.

At the April event, Markham approached crowd in his truck and then gunned his engine and roared his truck next to the protesters and gassed the group by emitting black exhaust, coal rolling, in an apparent attempt to cause the protesting families to breathe in the toxic fumes.

"Suck my exhaust," wrote Patrick Markham  in Facebook comments.

Markham also said, "I am glad they got the coal treatment," and that he "rolled coal threw (sic) them when I left work."

Markham was cited with disorderly conduct after an investigation by the Sturgeon Bay Police dept, but only with a municipal citation and not a criminal misdemeanor.

Markham pled not guilty to the civil citation in August, (Door County Case Number 2018FO000139 Sturgeon Bay, City of vs. Patrick Forest Markham).

A trial is scheduled for September 14, 2018 at 02:00 p.m. at the Door County Justice Center, in the Door County Courthouse, located at 1205 South Duluth Avenue in Sturgeon Bay.

A large crowd is expected as indignant families will face a reckless Republican, Patrick Markham, who maliciously endangered dozens of people with whom he disagrees.

The trial takes place during an era when the mere existence of non-Republican thought and action is regarded by Republicans as illegitimate expression, an unAmerican dynamic occurring at all levels of elected government.
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Wisconsin citizens working against Scott Walker and
other Republicans were assaulted by a Republican coal
roller at a protest on April 7 in Sturgeon Bay.
Pictured above is two protestors of some 38
people attending the event for healthcare,
voting rights and the environment. The event
was organized by the Door County Indivisible Coalition.
The shot is from Door County Advocate video.

From the Door County Indivisible Coalition email in April following the incident:

ALERT:  A number of you were at the "Welcome to Republicans" rally that we held on April 7th in Sturgeon Bay.  At one point during the rally a white truck (with two small children inside the truck) "rolled coal" at all of our rally participants.  We have since learned that "rolling coal" or black smoke is illegal - especially since we had three children and a donkey as well as 38 participants who could have been adversely affected by this action.  One of our members reported this incident to the police.  The incident was documented in part by the Facebook bragging by the participant who either works for or owns a business in Sturgeon Bay - Markham is his name.  The Police Department was very disturbed by this event.  The officer wanted to know if any of us have video or other evidence that would document this despicable action.  So please, if you have a picture or are willing to be a witness let me know.  I think that the "hate and anger" rhetoric of the Republicans needs to be rebutted.
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Scott Walker, Patrick Markham and the lies and hate that define Wisconsin Republicans needs to be opposed.

Following are two Facebook comments left by Markham last April:

Wisconsin State Senate Special Election — Patrick Markham Pleads Not Guilty in Poisoning Protesters in "Coal Treatment" Case

Gassed by Patrick Markham of Luxemburg, Wisconsin.
Members of the Door County (Wisconsin) Indivisible
Coalition held a small protest in April outside of the
Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club where Scott Walker and
Republicans chided citizens for opposing Walker's
reelection. The gathering of some 38 residents was
disrupted by a white truck, reportedly driven by a local
Republican activist, Patrick Markham, owner
of North Shore Marine Services. The truck
approached the crowd and ejected black smoke
at the gathering, a rightwing tactic to disrupt protests. The
tactic is known variously as "rolling coal" and the "coal
treatment." Rolling coal is the injection of fuel into an
engine to cause a profusion of black exhaust fumes directed
at targets. The fumes are a dangerous pollutant, and
extremely dangerous to children, a fact that Markham ignored.
Patrick Markham claimed in Facebook comments
that he "rolled coal threw, (sic) them when I left work."
Markham also said, "I am glad they got the coal treatment,"
and "Suck my exhaust." Pictured above is a member of
the Door County (Wisconsin) Indivisible Coalition,
holding her baby at the Scott Walker protest.
"In July 2014, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency stated that the practice was illegal, as it
violated the Clean Air Act," reads an entry in Wikipedia.

Scott Walker has malicious supporters emboldened, including Patrick Markham of Door County who directed toxic truck fumes at families at an April protest, and then bragged about it. Markham was let off with civil citation, but pleaded Not Guilty

Updated - Patrick Markham pled Not Guilty today to a disorderly conduct citation issued for directing toxic fumes at families during a pro-democracy protest held outside a Scott Walker event in April in Sturgeon Bay, according the Door County Clerk of Courts office.

Gov. Scott Walker spoke at the Republican Door County Wisconsin Lincoln Day Dinner in Sturgeon Bay on April 7, saying citizens opposing his reelection are hateful.

It's a typical move by Walker who has spent decades dividing Wisconsinites, attacking citizens holding to opposing views, and then accusing his opponents of engaging in hate, (Welter, Green Bay Press Gazette). When Walker ran for president in 2015, he likened protesters to ISIS, (Mal Contends, Mal Contends).

A local Wisconsin journal, the Door County Advocate, (part of the USA-Today Network), ran a Facebook video of the protest against Walker held outside the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club where Walker and Wisconsin Republicans spoke in April.

The protest was organized by the Door County Indivisible Coalition.

The Advocate video disconfirms Walker's characterization of the protest derided by Walker at the Republican event. Walker made several specific references to the protest.

The self-proclaimed actions of a Republican in Door County, Patrick Markham of  Luxemburg, Wisconsin, also contradicts Walker though he pleaded not guilty to a civil citation in Door County Case Number 2018FO000139 Sturgeon Bay, City of vs. Patrick Forest Markham.

How Markham can deny his malicious actions caught on video and about which he bragged is unclear.

The Door County Advocate video of the protest features a loud sound and visible smoke from a truck Markham claims to have driven.

A protester is seen on video, saying a "rude person" just "gassed everybody," in a purposeful, malignant act directing poisonous emissions at some three dozen protesters including three children.

The incident had been reported to the Sturgeon Bay Police Dept, and, reportedly, protest participants are contemplating civil legal action.

Comments left at the Door County Advocate Facebook posting of the video include the following. Readers can decide what is hate:

Patrick Markham · 0:19 Suck my exhaust

Michael Stich · 0:45 You idiots can shove those pussy hats up your useless holes

Patrick Markham · 1:11 I am glad they got the coal treatment

Derick Rouer · 0:44 Bunch of dumbasses. You are motivated by hate

Steve Tilseth · 0:45 Liberalism is evil you should all be ashamed of yourselves

From the Door County Indivisible Coalition

ALERT:  A number of you were at the "Welcome to Republicans" rally that we held on April 7th in Sturgeon Bay.  At one point during the rally a white truck (with two small children inside the truck) "rolled coal" at all of our rally participants.  We have since learned that "rolling coal" or black smoke is illegal - especially since we had three children and a donkey as well as 38 participants who could have been adversely affected by this action.  One of our members reported this incident to the police.  The incident was documented in part by the Facebook bragging by the participant who either works for or owns a business in Sturgeon Bay - Markham is his name.  The Police Department was very disturbed by this event.  The officer wanted to know if any of us have video or other evidence that would document this despicable action.  So please, if you have a picture or are willing to be a witness let me know.  I think that the "hate and anger" rhetoric of the Republicans needs to be rebutted.