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Hundreds of protesters, some armed, attempted to enter the legislative chamber of Michigan's state capitol, in response to moves to extend :

Covid-19 lockdown orders.

The demonstrators gathered as Democrat governor, Gretchen Whitmer, pushed for stay-at-home orders to continue to mid-May.

The state has recorded 3,789 coronavirus deaths at time of publication

Source: Reuters, Twitter

Fri 1 May 2020 08.44 BST / See current COVID UPDATE: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/


2 Lawyers, Upstate Woman With Criminal History Charged in NYPD Firebombings

https://jonathanturley.org/2020/05/31/the-shader-sisters-two-women-arrested-after-molotov-cocktail-is-thrown-into-van-with-four-officers/

Two sisters have been arrested after a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a NYPD van with four officers inside.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/upstate-ny-woman-behind-molotov-cocktail-attack-on-nypd-officers-2-others-federally-charged/2440200/

Three people were arrested on federal charges after authorities say Molotov cocktails were thrown at NYPD vehicles during this weekend's protests

Samantha Shader is accused of throwing one of the firebombs and biting an officer during her arrest Friday ...

Urooj Rahman, 31, of Brooklyn, allegedly hurled a Molotov cocktail at an unoccupied NYPD vehicle, then tried to drive off with 32-year-old Colinford Mattis, also of Brooklyn, according to prosecutors. Officers followed their vehicle and arrested both a short time later

Investigators say Colinford Mattis, 32, and Urooj Rahman, 31, were found in a van on Saturday morning accused of possessing explosive device components shortly after Rahman hurled a Molotov cocktail at an NYPD vehicle before fleeing with Mattis.

https://nypost.com/2020/05/31/feds-charge-woman-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-nypd/

Samantha Shader, 27, of Catskill, New York, allegedly tossed the makeshift explosive into the marked police vehicle parked at Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn around 1:12 a.m, as a night of destructive protests over the killing of George Floyd winded down, federal prosecutors said.