Viral Videos Reveal 'Stop the Count' Detroit Protesters
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/viral-videos-stop-the-count-detroit-protesters/Michigan and its 16 electoral votes may prove crucial in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Though several news outlets have placed Michigan in Biden’s column, election officials were working to get an official complete count on Wednesday.
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According to NBC News as of early Wednesday evening, about 150,000 of approximately 5.5 million ballots were left to be tallied.
Jordan Acker, a lawyer and University Michigan Board of Regents vice-chair, shared a video from inside the complex. A Reddit user reposting the video to the r/esist subreddit termed it, “Video of anti-democracy protesters in Michigan chanting “‘stop the count.'”
Acker’s tweet said, “A large number of trump “challengers” have decided to March down changing “stop the count” and banging on the door as they complete counting. Still can’t get back in.”
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Another Acker tweet lauded Detroit’s police as “extremely professional in dealing with this but this is absurd.”A large number of trump “challengers” have decided to March down changing “stop the count” and banging on the door as they complete counting. Still can’t get back in. pic.twitter.com/eDaVouBDFu
— Jordan Acker (@JordanAckerMI)November 4, 2020
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Several tweets shared on news correspondent accounts captured the agitators at the glass doors of the room where the counting was taking place. NBC News’ Steve Patterson described them as a “large, animated crush.”The @detroitpolice are being extremely professional in dealing with this but this is absurd. pic.twitter.com/VYz9tr7ZYT
— Jordan Acker (@JordanAckerMI)November 4, 2020
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Election challengers shout “Stop the count” as poll workers count absentee ballots in #Detroit, Michigan in the 2020 general election @washingtonpost #Election2020pic.twitter.com/nzWfSSX34P
— Salwan Georges (@salwangeorges)November 4, 2020
Advertisement#BREAKING: Large, animated crush of “stop the count” protestors trying to push their way into TCF hall in #Detroitwhere ballots are being counted.
They’re being blocked by guards at the door.
Pizza boxes are pushed against the window to obstruct view. It’s tense. @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/zFhzd88skX
— Steve Patterson (@PattersonNBC)November 4, 2020
Outside the TFC Center, Patterson’s colleague Heidi Przybyla characterized the action as “an increasing mob-like scene of self-proclaimed ‘poll watchers’ who say that they want to get access to the building.”
Advertisement“What we see here is essentially an increasing mob-like scene of self proclaimed ‘poll watchers’ who say that they want to get access to the building,” @HeidiNBC on the poll watching protests in Detroit. pic.twitter.com/xbTK1XFLcZ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC)November 4, 2020
Police in Detroit worked to secure the scene. Detroit is expected to help Biden secure a larger margin in Michigan after all votes are finished counting.
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