Police across the United States of America faced off with protesters on Friday as anti-lockdown demonstrations erupted for May Day.
The protests, which were held in 10 states, all demanded an end to coronavirus restrictions.
On International Workers Day, when demonstrators traditionally lobby for higher wages and better benefits, thousands of Americans took the streets to protest the virus lockdown.
Residents in New York, Delaware,
New Jersey, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, Tennessee, Colorado, California and Washington called for stay-at-home orders to be lifted.
In Huntington Beach, California, beachgoers stood shoulder-to-shoulder to protest Governor Gavin Newsom’s shore closures.
It was announced on Wednesday that Newsom would be closing all of the beaches again today.
Earlier in the week, the governor slammed residents who were going to the states shores amid the coronavirus padenmic.
“This virus doesn’t take the weekends off, this virus doesn’t go home because it’s a beautiful sunny day around our coasts,” he said during a press conference on Monday.
The protesters could be seen carrying surfboards as they came face-to-face with cops on horseback.
A banner depicting California Governor Gavin Newsom as Hitler is flown over the state capitol building as hundreds of people gather to protest the stay-at-home orders in Sacramento, California
Protests were also erupting on the East Coast on Friday, including a Make America Great Again rally in New York City.
The Trump supporters rallied despite a stay-at-home order being very much in effect in the city, which is the epicenter of the virus.
At least 23,780 people in the state have died from the coronavirus.
Marchers were wearing the controversial MAGA hats while holding signs demanding that the city reopens.
“LIVE FREE OR DIE” and “DESTROY THE VILLAGE TO SAVE IT,” were just two of the many signs in the sea of protesters.
One New Yorker was also holding a “RENT STRIKE” placard, protesting that rents are frozen in the city during the crisis.
Upstate, outside the Governor’s Mansion in Albany, protesters were taking a direct attack on Governor Andrew Cuomo, likening him to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
One protester could be seen outside of the mansion holding an “Adolf Cuomo” sign.
-The U.S. SUN
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