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Protests continue at State Capitol

Posted at 4:14 AM, Jun 10, 2020
and last updated 2020-06-10 04:14:55-04

LANSING, Mich. — The group says they're continuing to push for Mayor Andy Schor to resign no matter what.

Protesters have been hanging out peacefully in Downtown Lansing near the State Capitol since 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

Many people have come prepared to stay until 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Fox 47 spoke with the group during the afternoon about why they are continuing to push for Mayor Andy Schor to resign.

They wouldn't say the exact reason why, but say that Mayor Schor went against his word.

"Let's just say we don't want you here man and you know what happened, we don't need to discuss it, we know what happened you know what happened I'm not going to put you on blast yet. You know what happened," said Alex Balderas.

Fox 47 reached out to both Mayor Andy Schor and the Lansing Police to comment on what's going on at the Capitol on Tuesday haven't heard back.

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