{"id":89549,"date":"2020-04-22T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=89549"},"modified":"2020-04-27T09:27:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:27:07","slug":"facebook-group-gathers-thousands-to-protest-michigans-stay-home-stay-safe-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/facebook-group-gathers-thousands-to-protest-michigans-stay-home-stay-safe-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook group gathers thousands to protest Michigan\u2019s \u201cStay Home, Stay Safe\u201d order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Bre&#8217;onna Richardson<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">A group of Michigan residents are frustrated with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s \u201cStay Home, Stay Safe\u201d executive order. Protesters fear the restrictions violate their rights. They say the governor shouldn&#8217;t decide what they can and can&#8217;t do.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Michigan Group Protests Shutdown\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/411636436?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Protestors at &#8220;Operation Gridlock&#8221; surrounding Michigan&#8217;s state capitol. (Robert Wiersema\/Facebook)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bre&#8217;onna Richardson Medill Reports A group of Michigan residents are frustrated with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s \u201cStay Home, Stay Safe\u201d executive order. Protesters fear the restrictions violate their rights. They say the governor shouldn&#8217;t decide what they can and can&#8217;t do. Photo at top: Protestors at &#8220;Operation Gridlock&#8221; surrounding Michigan&#8217;s state capitol. 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