The Daily Populous Tuesday July 5th, 2022 morning edition
Authored by wilx.com and submitted by A_bird_in_the_hands

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Pro-choice protesters blocked a July 4th Parade at the State Capitol Monday.

The 4th of July parade in Downtown Lansing ended shortly after it started when pro-choice protesters blocked the parade from continuing.

News 10 was on the scene when the parade began at 11 Monday morning. Protesters were there a half hour before at 10:30 a.m. The parade started at the left of the State Capitol building but was stopped by protesters as soon as they turned to the front of the building.

The organizer of the protest said that she did not intend for protesters to block the parade in today’s rally.

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor was there and told News 10 that he supported the protest but was disappointed that the parade ended.

Protesters took over the original parade route where they looped back around to the Capitol building as they continued protesting.

The parade did not get to a whole block before the incident took place.

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Feisty-Conclusion950 on July 4th, 2022 at 23:40 UTC »

I loved the mayors response. “I support their protest but am sad the parade ended.” I think I like that guy.

Newtype879 on July 4th, 2022 at 19:40 UTC »

I'd rather this happen then... I dunno... a mass shooting at a 4th of July parade. Oh wait, that did happen today.

phorayz on July 4th, 2022 at 19:09 UTC »

The way the article was written, the pro choice protestors had no intent of stopping the parade. It almost reads as if they hit the same intersection at the same time, the Protestors took right of way, and the 4th of July parade was like WELP the parade is CANCELLED. Instead of.... I dunno, following in their wake, or just delaying for 15 minutes until the "traffic" passed by