Police broke up a fight involving a man with an ax in the middle of a rally against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's coronavirus emergency orders.
The governor defends her stay-at-home orders and explains why she believes some protests in her state are “racist and misogynistic.”Police broke up a fight involving a man with an ax in the middle of a rally against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer'sA spokesman for the Michigan State Police Department said one of the attendees tried to take a sign out of another demonstrator's hand and a fight ensued among the crowd outside the state Capitol in Lansing.
A spokesman for the department said the investigation is ongoing and couldn't provide more details about the skirmish. A man is surrounded by police officers after a small scuffle during a protest against Governor Gretchen Whitmer's extended stay-at-home orders intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease at the Capitol building in Lansing, Mich., May 14, 2020.
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