Sheriffs from four different Michigan counties said Wednesday they will not strictly enforce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s social-distancing restrictions that critics say have gone too far.
“While we understand her desire to protect the public, we question some restrictions that she has imposed as overstepping her executive authority,” Leelanau County Sheriff Mike Borkovich, Benzie County Sheriff Ted Schendel, Manistee County Sheriff Ken Falk and Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole said in a press release.
“She has created a vague framework of emergency laws that only confuse Michigan citizens,” the sheriffs said, according to Michigan Live.
The sheriffs said that, instead of stringent enforcement, they “will deal with every case as an individual situation and apply common sense.”
They added that they had taken an oath to protect the “God-given rights” of the Michigan and U.S. constitutions. “We believe that we are the last line of defense in protecting your civil liberties,” the release stated.
The sheriffs noted that their focus should be on reopening their counties and getting people back to work, but added that CDC guidelines such as social distancing, washing hands and wearing masks should be followed.
Isaiah Collins
lol looks reptilian
oh no it's spic eyebrows
Evan Perez
Whitmer enacted a stay-at-home order March 24. It was originally set to expire April 13 before being extended to April 30. Over the weekend Whitmer announced an expansion of her order, which among other things prohibits residents from visiting family or friends with the exception of providing care, bans public or private gatherings of any size or family ties, and places restrictions on what essential businesses which remain open may sell.
Whitmer – who had to issue clarifications to her orders, most notably when someone tweeted a picture from Walmart saying that children’s car seats were “non-essential” items – has so far remained steady in her resolve that Michigan needs to stick to strict stay-at-home measures in order to tackle the virus.
In a protest dubbed “Operation Gridlock,” hundreds of cars and trucks descended on Michigan’s state capital Wednesday in noisy protest, creating bumper-to-bumper traffic throughout downtown Lansing. Demonstrators blasted their horns, waved Americans flags and hoisted placards deriding Whitmer’s orders and demanding that she reopen the state’s economy.
“Let’s start with the fact that some counties have no or very few COVID cases and yet are totally shut down,” Rosanne Ponkowski, president of the Michigan Conservative Coalition, which organized the protest, said in a statement. “When did a one-size solution solve everyone’s local issues? Governor Whitmer will put you out of business before allowing mere citizens to be responsible for their own behavior. That is madness.”
Michigan has the fourth-largest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, with more 27,000 being reported as of Wednesday evening, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Leo Davis
Outstanding
Jonathan Flores
Yeah, why the fuck do women do that? Also, fuck whitmer.
John Fisher
When did caitlyn jenner become governor of michigan?
Hudson Diaz
>Leelanau >Benzie >Manistee >Mason Wow it's literally fucking nothing Metro Detroit BTFO
She's a right cunt that much os certain. Constantly trying to tax citizens, now she arbitrarily shutting doen entite industries, but conveniently making all businesses that generate revenue for the state essential. Liquor stores are more essential than construction, lotto is more important than gardening supplies.
Cooper Brooks
Former prosecutor, so basically.
Aaron Martinez
Why is everyone so eager to return to the "normal" life of paying mortgages to (((banks))) and taxes to Israel?
Jace Price
my brothers still live there, they haven't missed a day of work... roofers bro, no sickies around them wtf is this real there?
Mortgage has to be paid anyway, and if all businesses go under because everybody's unemployed too long, so there's no consumer demand when things open back up, then everybody gets foreclosed on.
Gabriel Robinson
>Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole why
Landon Davis
>Why is everyone so eager to return to the "normal" life
Not everyone is a apocalypse survivalist
Cameron Gray
>don't panic! >TWENTY MILLION AMERICANS GONNA DIE AND LOCKDOWN EXTENDED TO 2022 - media
Tyler Butler
They're eager to not be cooped up with their wife and family.
Thomas Young
The dumb bitch made it illegal to buy seeds. She decided that you can't buy paint. The dumb bitch made using a motorboat illegal. Sailboats thats okay. Can't fish. Can't hunt......Why? no reason given....that is why Michigan is pissed.
It is going to be a severe depression once she lifts the stay-at-home order. She has crippled the state and will go down in history as the worst governor Michigan has ever had, which is an amazing feat in itself.
Leo Flores
based. fuck that stupid anti american bitch
William Rivera
I don't understand why Max Headroom isn't bigger around here. He almost looks like moonman.
