Still, some elected leaders in Lansing pushed back against the temporary chaos downtown.

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Whitmer said she supported the people's right to protest but wants people to still adhere by the CDC guidelines to social distancing. Public and private gatherings have been restricted.

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Shelly Vanderwerff of Zeeland is currently laid off from her job at a local greenhouse. We acknowledge that East Lansing needs to make significant changes in its own policing. The group filed a lawsuit against Whitmer last month.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the officer who put his knee on Floyd's neck, is charged with murder. A protestor holds up a sign at Operation Gridlock. suggestions that the governor be hanged, shot or beaten, Michigan Republicans condemn social media threats as Democrats call for gun ban in Capitol, filed a lawsuit against Whitmer last month, Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945, washing hands regularly and not touching your face, disinfecting spray cleaners on frequently-touched surfaces.

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya), Signs blaming Detroit are shown in a vehicle during a protest at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, April 15, 2020. “They are not practicing social distancing. As of today over 4,600 people have said they are going and 17,000 are interested. Whitmer also alleged the DeVos family had a hand in the protest, although event organizers and a family spokesperson said neither Betsy DeVos nor any member of the DeVos family had any involvement. Many of today’s protesters today likened Whitmer’s order to the authoritarian rule of Adolph Hitler — some have referred to the governor as “Whitler” — in Nazi Germany. Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday to show their displeasure with Gov. (WXYZ) — Another protest is planned in Lansing today again over the governor’s extended stay-at-home order. Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday to show their displeasure with Gov. document.write ("

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Flag-waving, honking protesters drove past the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday to show their displeasure with Gov. “It doesn’t make any sense to be bankrupting companies and industries and not consider the resulting impact on families as part of the public health crisis in Michigan,” a spokesman for the Coalition told City Pulse. He said when incidents like Floyd's death happen, it "stops time on the planet. The rally is against Gov. We need you to stand with us,” she said. The rally, organized by the group Michigan United for Liberty, is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Capitol building in Lansing. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Stay Safe, Stay Home” executive order. Protestors protest Governor Gretchen Whitmer's decision to extend Michigan's stay-at-home order in Lansing, MI at Operation Gridlock. The protest, which organizers are calling “Judgment Day” begins at 9 a.m. Additional Coronavirus information and resources: Read our daily Coronavirus Live Blog for the latest updates and news on coronavirus. Gretchen Whitmer's orders to keep people at home and businesses locked during the new coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. MSU protest LIVE …

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But assurances from politicians only go so far, at least with Michigan’s conservative crowd. Your support makes a difference. Gretchen Whitmer's orders to keep people at home and businesses locked during the new coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. Organizers at the Michigan Conservative Coalition told City Pulse last week that the order curtails far too many personal liberties and has crippled Michigan’s economy in the process. document.write ("'><\/scr"+"ipt>");

Organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition and supported by the Michigan Freedom Fund and other conservative groups, the idea was to create a traffic jam in front of the Michigan Capitol to create gridlock. Lansing City Council President Peter Spadafore called it a “brazen display of selfishness.”, “While visitors' lives may be affected by this order, their actions will have a ripple effect through Lansing and our state,” Spadafore told City Pulse this afternoon.

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