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rampartc

(5,387 posts)
1. we may be protesting before this is over
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 02:00 PM
Apr 2020

so i will maintain that they have a right to peaceably assemble, but seriously. blocking the entrance to a hospital? no masks? those people are going to be patients soon enough.

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handmade34

(22,756 posts)
7. sounds like my brother-in-law
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 03:25 PM
Apr 2020

he doesn't work at Sparrow but he works in Lansing and his name is James as well

OAITW r.2.0

(24,289 posts)
3. Too bad we can't get the names of these people who decided it was a good idea to "protest".
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 02:10 PM
Apr 2020

Or hold a Trump Rally. Purely for COVID-19 tracking purposes. Would be interesting if they show a higher incidence of infection over the nexts few weeks. Put their stupidity to work by supplying data on the transmission.

gibraltar72

(7,498 posts)
11. Penny Swan Hillsdale Mi. one of the ringleaders. She demanded medical records from
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:23 PM
Apr 2020

medical care facility. Jean Paul Rutan running for Sheriff. Mrs Gibraltar has more names. There's a good place to start.

PatrickforO

(14,559 posts)
6. What is ironic to me is those protesters had the Gadsden 'Don't Tread on Me' flags
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 02:44 PM
Apr 2020

flying while they themselves were treading on the rights of people trying to get to the hospital.

Botany

(70,447 posts)
10. Send in the cops
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:17 PM
Apr 2020

And he or she can say to those fuckheads, "Either get out of here now or you will be arrested
and your car will be towed."

BTW that health care worker looked like he wanted to get out and kick some ass.

SunSeeker

(51,513 posts)
14. Where were the cops? It's illegal to block traffic (and a hospital!) like that, risking lives.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:43 PM
Apr 2020

When students do shit like that they're immediately met with rubber bullets.

Botany

(70,447 posts)
17. Many many many white cops are right wingers
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 06:01 PM
Apr 2020

I would find the biggest toughest male and female cops from Detroit, Flint, Lansing, & the State Highway
Patrol and clean that shit up right now. "You want to carry those AR-15s? Well, right in front of you are
professionals law officers with their own guns and they know how to use them. You have 2 minutes to
put 'em down." And Betsy DeVos is paying to for them to be out there?




catbyte

(34,335 posts)
12. I know exactly where they were. Sparrow Hospital is about 8 blocks from the Capitol
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:39 PM
Apr 2020

on Michigan street approaching the Capitol. Michigan Street empties right onto Capitol Avenue which abuts the Capitol grounds. Sparrow is the largest hospital in the Lansing area. What a bunch of depraved assholes. I'm disgusted all of this happened less than 2 miles from my home.

I really hate these people. I really, really do.

llmart

(15,533 posts)
13. There needs to be some consequences for this action.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:43 PM
Apr 2020

You try to park your car next to a fire hydrant when a fire is going on and see if you don't get some sort of punishment/fine/jail time. This nonsense is a thousand times worse than that. Surely there must be some way to deal with idiots like this.

llmart

(15,533 posts)
19. I hope all of them do.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 07:10 PM
Apr 2020

I'm sick of these minority of uneducated rednecks in Michigan ruining my state.

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