LANSING, MI (AP)-- A small group of gun-toting demonstrators showed at Michigan’s Capitol Sunday, dwarfed by law enforcement on high alert after this month’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
About a dozen protesters openly carried guns, including some who promoted the anti-government “boogaloo” movement, a slang term adopted by the pro-gun extremist movement that is a reference to a sequel in their case, a second U.S. civil war. A few others, who were not openly armed, wore hats supporting President Donald Trump, whose term will end Wednesday when President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated.
State police, the National Guard and local law enforcement provided a sizable security presence at or near the 142-year-old Statehouse and other government buildings.
