Firearm Carrying Protestors Seen at Rally Against Michigan’s COVID-19 Emergency Measures

Hundreds of protestors, some armed, demonstrated at the Michigan Capitol building on April 30 against a proposed extension of a state of emergency due to COVID-19. Michigan Governor Whitmer had asked Legislature to approve a 28-day extension of the emergency declaration, which ends April 30, sparking the protests against COVID-19 restrictions in the state capital of Lansing. Journalist Anna Liz Nicols uploaded footage of the rally. Video shows a speaker at the protest mocking social distancing protocols as he stands next to a man wielding a large firearm. The speaker says: “How did they come up with this number of six feet? I think they just pulled it out of their rear ends”. As of April 30, the state of Michigan has reported 41,379 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,789 deaths. Credit: @annaliznichols via Storyful

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