LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Protesters packing the state Capitol in Lansing are chanting and whooping as lawmakers prepare to take final votes on divisive right-to-work bills.
Hundreds of demonstrators packed all four levels of the rotunda Tuesday, chanting “Union!” and” What’s disgusting? Union-busting!”
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They stomped their feet and banged together hard hats.
The noise was deafening. At one point the crowd began loudly roaring, applauding themselves as the decibel levels grew.
A group of about 20 state troopers blocked the Senate chamber. Officers stared straight ahead, expressionless, as the crowd heckled them, demanding to be let in and shouting: “You’re next.”
The scene was calmer outside the House chamber, where another group of state police blocked the room. About a dozen protesters clustered around troopers, one mugging for a snapshot with an expressionless officer.
