Protestors rally against Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order at the Capitol in Lansing
Lansing State Journal
![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/b04e0a08-6d3a-4e6d-8595-5a1c69ad495b-MD7_4374.jpg?width=660&height=455&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing.
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People say the Pledge-of-Allegiance at the State Capitol duringa protest where attendees rallied against Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/27cf234a-993f-4d0e-ae7d-bd5038a28a00-DSC_0849.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People say the Pledge-of-Allegiance at the State Capitol duringa protest where attendees rallied against Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/dad7e3bd-9bdd-4014-845f-e628323ea009-DSC_0817.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![Stacy Eddy of Lapeer, (third from l.), and her eleven children came to Lansing Wednesday, April 30, 2020, to join in the protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/e4ef37c2-1ee1-4363-abc2-7a75c08698fa-MD7_4253.jpg?width=660&height=488&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Stacy Eddy of Lapeer, (third from l.), and her eleven children came to Lansing Wednesday, April 30, 2020, to join in the protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![Karen Spitler of Lansing protests against rally goers protesting Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/6f81cf1f-29df-4d98-8291-7fefe953f80d-milan7_protesty_MD7_4159.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Karen Spitler of Lansing protests against rally goers protesting Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/304dc2bf-700d-422c-8d9e-939fdab430c4-milan3_protest_MD7_4260.jpg?width=660&height=457&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/2bb4b8a6-bdfb-48a6-8c92-f8da9bf4e016-DSC_0971.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/a5fa083c-9eb7-4c95-b712-f20543e77083-DSC_0827.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![A Michigan State Police State Trooper seen inside the State Capitol as people protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/34ff64f5-ab86-41c2-ba74-49b5954ef4d1-DSC_0938.jpg?width=660&height=436&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Michigan State Police State Trooper seen inside the State Capitol as people protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/28d0c420-a696-4813-850a-57ff38da5a39-MD7_4395.jpg?width=660&height=449&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/b0ae3c3f-4ee6-4be3-8539-30a18088453c-MD7_4485.jpg?width=660&height=470&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/ddda3d48-d374-44e5-9146-3e4bb76912e5-milan6_protest_MD7_4177.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/4ba14bc0-34e5-4ad2-98ad-f89621dec623-MD7_4426.jpg?width=660&height=549&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/f0b79179-8324-4977-92d6-34d3893a99b0-milan5_protest_MD7_4198.jpg?width=660&height=442&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/b28f06e1-a223-483b-8ae5-a29f468ba312-MD7_4522.jpg?width=635&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People, including Tim Hensley of Mason protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/5ce07fd7-2243-46bd-b8f2-87a2141d9a06-MD7_4306.jpg?width=660&height=525&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People, including Tim Hensley of Mason protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich.[MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/51746880-3922-4334-b405-a8b10bad762c-milan2_protest_MD7_4264.jpg?width=660&height=489&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/c4229ae8-b8fa-4d9d-b23a-18bbe8934393-DSC_0944.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/91c47664-a104-4a4c-98b2-a666099cbdc0-200430_capitol_rally_01.jpg?width=660&height=378&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing.
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/abaa1887-42ce-4964-8a1d-b3c6754da255-milan1_protest_MD7_4268.jpg?width=660&height=464&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![Members of the Michigan Liberty Militia, including Phil Robinson, right, attended the protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich. Event organizers stressed that they asked them to be there to help provide security. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/6e85e08a-5c0f-497a-ba56-07f9b5222188-milan4_tMD7protest_4221.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Members of the Michigan Liberty Militia, including Phil Robinson, right, attended the protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich. Event organizers stressed that they asked them to be there to help provide security. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![Lansing Police block of E. Michigan Avenue as protesters rally against Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/843acdbb-3032-49cb-bca1-bba1bc4afa3d-MD7_4153.jpg?width=660&height=472&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Lansing Police block of E. Michigan Avenue as protesters rally against Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/36fe4c6d-810f-4449-ab6e-83945865441f-200430_kb_rally_002a.jpg?width=660&height=496&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing.
Kara Berg/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/d7822994-3c7e-4ab5-adfc-d970202218e5-DSC_0955.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/cce9f2c6-c9a6-4751-82f1-d589eee923b3-MD7_4081.jpg?width=660&height=478&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan State Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/a83b282c-3ee2-464b-8c50-c7bf77ee3a3e-MD7_4101.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/73a6f32b-abad-4e44-bc31-aa5e1fea94d8-MD7_4145.jpg?width=660&height=499&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/19e690e7-c610-4469-9ce4-70a9b90176ab-MD7_4048.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order outside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Lansing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![Protesters rally outside the House chambers on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/da86bfd8-26b1-4090-8ea4-3c95f2c9edd4-200430_protest_mds.jpg?width=660&height=495&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Protesters rally outside the House chambers on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing.
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![Armed ralliers protest in the rotunda inside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/dccf935d-fbc3-4a31-be5b-f26f67d22d87-MD7_4619.jpg?width=660&height=460&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Armed ralliers protest in the rotunda inside the Michigan Capitol on Thursday, April 30, 2020. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![Ralliers protest outside the entrance of the Michigan House of Representatives on Thursday, April 30, 2020. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/8a040985-d133-4097-86d8-2cba18201d27-MD7_4563.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Ralliers protest outside the entrance of the Michigan House of Representatives on Thursday, April 30, 2020. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal![Armed protesters in the gallery of the Michigan State Senate chambers at the State Capitol Thursday, April 30, 2020. Only 22 people were allowed in the gallery to maintain social distancing, so the picture was shot through a window outside the entrance. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.freep.com/gcdn/presto/2020/04/30/PLSJ/c206cdee-e563-4f13-91bd-a03f485f1255-ralliers_IMG_1712.jpg?width=660&height=452&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Armed protesters in the gallery of the Michigan State Senate chambers at the State Capitol Thursday, April 30, 2020. Only 22 people were allowed in the gallery to maintain social distancing, so the picture was shot through a window outside the entrance. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/USA Today Network]
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