Lansing A Lansing District Court judge has dismissed charges against six hairstylists who cut hair on the Capitol lawn in May as part of a protest against stay-home orders that barred salons and barbershops from opening.
More than 20 hair stylists cut hair during the rally on the Capitol lawn in part to support 77-year-old Owosso barber Karl Manke, who reopened his business despite threats from state and local health departments. Operation Haircut was organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition and was one of several rallies protesting the governor s stay-home orders last spring and summer.
Charges against Manke were dismissed in October days after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled one of the laws underpinning Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s executive orders was an unconstitutional delegation of power.
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‘He can’t believe he got involved’ in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot, attorney says
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 28, 2021
Ty Garbin, 24, of Hartland, Michigan was one of several men charged in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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He can’t believe how he ruined his life.
Garbin, 25, faces decades in prison – tagged as an informant – for his role in a bizarre plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
He pleaded guilty Wednesday, Jan. 27, to kidnap conspiracy before U.S. District Robert Jonker in Grand Rapids.
There was talk of putting Whitmer on trial, leaving her in the middle of Lake Michigan in a disabled boat. They considered blowing up a bridge by her house to slow police response – and engaging in firefights with police.
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