Civil Disobedience Update

I note that another sheriff has announced he will not enforce stay-at-home orders.

Protesters are expected to rally against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order Monday evening at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids.

The event, titled “American Patriot Rally-Sheriffs speak out,” is scheduled to run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and will feature remarks from at least one law enforcement official, Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf.

Leaf, who has been in office 16 years, says he will not enforce the governor’s stay-at-home order because he believes it is unconstitutional.

Note that it's taking place at Rosa Parks Circle. I think this is an acknowledgement of the natural rights principles on which the civil rights movement was based beginning in the 1950s.

In Bellmawr, NJ Atilis Gym

reopened on Monday morning in defiance of Governor Phil Murphy’s Coronavirus lockdown order.

People gathered in the parking lot in front of the gym to show their support for the gym owner.

. . . Bellmawr police walked to the door of the gym and the officer said the gym was in violation of Murphy’s order but “on that note, have a good day!”

The crowd went wild and chanted “USA! USA! USA!”

Karl Manke, the Owosso, MI barber who continued to cut hair when a local judge refused to grant the state a restraining order against him, has closed his shop again after receiving a notice that his license had been suspended. However, Shelley Luther, the Dallas salon owner who was jailed for cutting hair in opposition to a municipal lockdown, has said she will appear at Manke's shop with him today.

In Virginia Beach, VA, crowds went to the beach, which was officially closed under stay-at-home orders. Gov Northam appears to be somewhat behind the curve:

Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to make an announcement today regarding what, if anything, can be done to reopen Virginia’s beaches before Memorial Day.

Under the governor’s current stay at home order, beaches in Virginia are only open for fitness activities. People can walk and run on the beach, fish and even swim, but they can’t pull out chairs, umbrellas and blankets and spend all day sunbathing.

Widely published photos showed many people with chairs and blankets, sunbathing. It's hard to imagine how he can do anything but announce a new policy that simply permits this.