Michigan Drops Charges Against Barber For Lockdown Violations After Whitmer Orders Struck Down

Michigan state prosecutors have dropped charges against Owosso barber Karl Manke for opening his shop on May 4 in violation of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lockdown order.

Prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges against the shop owner for violating local health orders and Whitmer’s lockdown order on Friday, according to the Lansing State Journal. Prosecutors moved to drop the charges after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Whitmer’s lockdown after April 30, when the governor’s first emergency declaration over the pandemic would have timed out, unconstitutional.