Hundreds of Spokane protesters demand lifting coronavirus restrictions
Hundreds of protesters led by far right religious leaders and state Rep. Matt Shea converged Friday afternoon on the Spokane County Courthouse calling for the economy to reopen.
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Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, seen from behind, faces a crowd of protesters who were marching against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse. During the tense back and forth, Knezovich made the point that no one had been ticketed or arrested in Spokane County for violating the shutdown order from the governor and didn’t think there ever would be.
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Gabe Blomgren, right, speaks before a crowd of protesters who were gathered against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse. Blomgren is part of a church that regularly protests at the Planned Parenthood office in Spokane.
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Hundreds of protesters with signs and flags and protesting against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown walk toward the Spokane County Courthouse from the Kendall Yards development behind Washington State Rep. Matt Shea, second from left, Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse.
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Rev. Matthew Cummings, an ally and spiritual advisor to Washington State Rep. Matt Shea, gives a fiery anti shutdown speech, mixed with anti-communist and anti-secular themes before a crowd of protesters who were marching against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse.
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The audience behind the speakers clap in agreement in a crowd of protesters who were marching against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse.
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Washington State Rep. Matt Shea introduces speakers before a crowd of protesters who were marching against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse.
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Hundreds of protesters with signs and flags and protesting against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown march toward the Spokane County Courthouse from the Spokane Arena Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse.
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Hundreds of protesters with signs and flags and protesting against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown gather at the Spokane County Courthouse Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse.
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Dr. Jason Kinley, a naturopathic doctor with a practice in Spokane, speaks before a crowd of protesters who were marching against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Spokane County Courthouse. He questioned the policies behind the nationwide shutdown.
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Washington State Rep. Matt Shea speaks with a crowd of supporters at the Spokane Arena before marching to the Spokane County Courthouse to protest against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown Friday, May 1, 2020.
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Washington State Rep. Matt Shea speaks with a crowd of supporters at the Spokane Arena before marching to the Spokane County Courthouse to protest against the statewide COVID-19 shutdown Friday, May 1, 2020.
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