It's early morning on Monday, May 16, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard entrance to the Wisconsin state Capitol is manned by four armed officers. The same number guard the building's only other open entrance, at North Hamilton Street. At first, most of those who enter -- 16 of 20 people in a 10-minute span, including state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen -- flash IDs and breeze past the checkpoint. One young man brings in a bulging backpack without difficulty.
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