[Nobody cared...] "Armed activists" stage media stunt for black Michigan lawmaker to work after protests against stay-at-home order

https://nypost.com/2020/05/08/armed-activists-escort-michigan-lawmaker-to-
work-after-protests-against-stay-at-home-order/

An African-American state lawmaker was flanked by armed escorts while 
walking to Michigan’s Capitol Wednesday following weeks of protests that 
saw armed demonstrators clad in tactical gear storm the building last 
month to demand the reopening of the state’s economy and the rollback of 
social distancing measures.

At least three activists were spotted carrying rifles while escorting Rep. 
Sarah Anthony, a Democrat whose district is located in the capital city of 
Lansing, according to a video posted online.

Anthony did not return messages from Fox News but told Yahoo! the security 
detail was comprised of local African-American and Latino activists. The 
move came after an April 30 protest in which hundreds of demonstrators 
stormed the Capitol to demand an end to lockdown measures enacted by Gov. 
Gretchen Whitmer to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

While guns are allowed inside the Capitol, some lawmakers said they were 
startled to see boisterous, armed crowds yelling at them. Some wore 
bulletproof vests to protect themselves.


Sarah Anthony
@SarahAnthony517
As of today, Michigan has seen    45,054 COVID cases and 4,250 deaths. 
There’s real work to do and I’m here to work for the people...without 
intimidation or fear. 
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philip lewis
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@Phil_Lewis_
"At least three African Americans carrying large rifles" escorted MI State 
Rep. Sarah Anthony into the State Capitol, a week after armed white men 
swarmed the building:https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/armed-
citizens-escort-lawmaker-into-michigan-state-capitol,14339 …

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“There was something that triggered extreme fear in myself, as a woman, as 
an African American woman just as a legislator,” said Anthony, according 
to WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids. “It did bring some comfort just to know that 
folks out there have my back.”

On a video posted to Facebook during the April gathering, Anthony said she 
looked from her office across the street and saw demonstrators holding 
Confederate flags, Nazi symbols, nooses and other racist imagery.

Some critics have pointed to the gathering as an example of the double 
standard people of color face when assembling in large numbers, even in a 
manner that’s nonthreatening.


Stokeley Dessalines #FBA #B1
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3 brothers escorted Lansing, Michigan State Rep. Sarah Anthony to work 
armed with assault rifles. Didn’t ask why, no marching, no protesting, 
just armed and ready. #OnCode #WarReady

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“You know, if we did that, we’d be killed,” Michael Lynn Jr., a black 
Lansing firefighter and community activist who helped organize Anthony’s 
security detail, told Yahoo!

“We want to change the narrative, first of all. We want people to 
understand that people of color can come out here with guns just the same 
as anybody else can,” he added.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., also voiced frustration during the protest, 
tweeting: “Black people get executed by police for just existing, while 
white people dressed like militia members carrying assault weapons are 
allowed to threaten State Legislators and staff.”

Anthony called security measures taken by the Michigan State Police a 
“complete failure.” She said she learned this week that police could have 
escorted her to her car after leaving the Capitol grounds. She noted that 
Capitol sergeants otherwise do an adequate job of keeping lawmakers safe 
inside.

Whitmer decried the protesters, calling them the “worst racism and awful 
parts” of US history.

“There were swastikas and Confederate flags and nooses and people with 
assault rifles,” she said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Some of 
the outrageousnesses of what happened at our Capitol depicted some of the 
worst racism and awful parts of our history in this country.”

Anthony noted that trying to work while people openly carried firearms was 
“unnerving,” she told the Lansing City Pulse. “I’m still not exactly sure 
on the connection between confederate flags and Nazi symbolism. They just 
had no connection to the stay-at-home orders.”

Hours after the event, Whitmer extended her state of emergency 
declaration. On Thursday, she extended her stay-at-home order until May 
28, but with a few exceptions.

The Michigan Capitol Commission is looking into whether it’s time to end 
the long-standing practice of allowing guns inside the Capitol.

“We are in a public health crisis and the last thing we need to do is be 
debating if we feel safe in our workplace to do the work of the people,” 
said Anthony.

You're an idiot and your state has one of the highest mortality rates in 
the country.


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