Posted on 05/14/2020 4:16:31 PM PDT by lightman
LANSING, MI -- A fight broke out on the steps of the Michigan Capitol Thursday morning during a protest aimed at Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the ongoing state of emergency and stay-at-home orders.
J. Scott Park, an MLive photographer, witnessed the fight break out after a man carrying a garbage can filled with a sign, an ax and an American flag removed the flag from the can. Attached to the bottom of the flag was an unclothed doll with brown hair that was hanging from a noose.
Organizers of the protest called the display “hate speech” and when one protester tried to take the doll off the flag a skirmish broke out. The man who brought the flag fled away from the fight and to the lawn of the Capitol where Michigan State Police surrounded him.
Related story: Video: Doll with noose prompts fight at Michigan Capitol protest
The man was taken into the Capitol building following the altercation. Michigan State Police reported there were no injuries and no arrests were made.
MSP public information officer Lt. Brian Oleksyk said the man who brought the flag was interviewed by police and he will be allowed to press charges if he elects to.
“We took his report, we will investigate thoroughly and file our report," Oleksyk said.
In his report, the victim stated that he and the person he fought with have had issues with one another prior to Thursday’s protest, but details on those incidents could not be shared by police. The man was allowed to leave the Capitol property and did so without further incident, according to Oleksyk.
There was an incident between two demonstrators, in which one demonstrator tried to take a sign out of another demonstrator's hand. There are no injuries and no arrests were made. The victim is a 60-year-old male. — Michigan State Police (@MichStatePolice) May 14, 2020
Following the fight, an unidentified woman who claimed to be the one who grabbed the flag from the man was seen speaking to other protesters.
“I took his flag away, because that’s not what it stands for,” the woman can be heard saying in a video.
The same woman later took the stage to address the crowd and said she would not stand for those actions and would resort to violence if necessary.
“Hate crimes are not tolerated in Michigan, end of story,” she said. “Just so you guys know, I’ll fight that, physically if I have to.”
Jazmine Early, 49, of Sterling Heights attended the protest and said she was aware prior to the event that some people would be attending in hopes of causing problems and drawing attention away from the meaning of the gathering.
“He came with something that he thought would catch attention from the media,” Early said. "They started arguing and he was asked kindly please not do that.
“Yesterday, we were warned that there would be ... people coming from the other side to look like they were on our side. And the media, I’m pretty sure, is going to talk only about that.”
PREVENTION TIPS
In addition to washing hands regularly and not touching your face, officials recommend practicing social distancing, assuming anyone may be carrying the virus.
Health officials say you should be staying at least 6 feet away from others and working from home, if possible.
Use disinfecting wipes or disinfecting spray cleaners on frequently-touched surfaces in your home (door handles, faucets, countertops) and carry hand sanitizer with you when you go into places like stores.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has also issued an executive order requiring people to wear face coverings over their mouth and nose while inside enclosed, public spaces.
Homofascists hanged this effigy "as a Halloween" decoration and left it up through the election in 2008.
They should pick up a book sometime and learn that it wasn't just black people who were lynched, even in the 20th century.
By the way, just when WAS the last lynching? 50 years is a long time to pretend that this is a daily thing.
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Look! Gestapo Barbie, just hanging around!
Most of these protests are clown shows and are infiltrated with activists who look for anything to nail us. It doesn’t help that our side has weirdos also. It’s hilarious what triggers the typical f-tard. ALL death and despair is blamed on Trump now. The left even has a Trump “Death Clock” in Times Square. The left o-gasmed over Bush’s “war dead” also.
False flag operation.
Yep. Just like Alinsky taught them.
Scientologist do the same if IRC.
Do you understand that the idiot with the hanging doll was an AGENT PROVOCATEUR trying to set up a “photo opportunity” for the Governor and the mainstream media?
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How do you know that?
But is made of plastic like her face is.
>> The left o-gasmed over Bush’s “war dead” also.
The Wash Poo’s “Bush’s fault war dead” list was horsesh!t
Early deaths were things like forklift injuries in Kuwait
The whole scam was laid naked when they included a woman who died in the midwest US while crossing a highway on leave.
>> The left o-gasmed over Bush’s “war dead” also.
Troops died while Obama was President too but that anti-war drumbeat stopped. So did the virtue signaling.
Children complaining about a doll with a fake noose.
Wait until the stores have absolutely zero food and will never have it in inventory again.
This is kabuki theater right now.
Remember all those protestors Bolshevik Bill had arrested in NYC as they marched in the streets chanting, “WHAT DO WE WANT? DEAD COPS!! WHEN DO WE WANT THEM?? NOW”?
Neither do i...
Great example.
Too bad you can’t go on the leftist TV panels and mention that to the dunces there. “No one has ever made a threat like this Michigan goon’s one to anyone in our history....”
“How do you know that?”
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I guess the same way I “know” that the recently revealed unmasking was done for political purposes and the same way I “know” that Jussie Smallett’s “racial attack” was a hoax...I’ve seen the same thing over and over and over again.
Fake hate crime hoax.
Probably done by Antifa, the same ones who were making the “death threats” against her.
All the while condemning violence from the *right*.
“The Jerk”
Should have
Left the
Trashcan
At Home.
What a
Great Song!
A bit off topic, but related.
It does my heart good to see what happens down at the local creek/park where I frequently take a stroll. The local polizei have put up crime scene/caution/firezone yellow tape to keep people from sitting by the creek (a kayak/paddleboard/tubing landscaped park). They have put it up 3 times now andthe tape has disappeared 3 times now along with most of the “closed” signs.
I approve.
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