Michigan militia members say they won't allow police to arrest 77-year-old barber defying Democratic Gov. Whitmer's shutdown order

Members of the Michigan militia said they won't allow police to arrest 77-year-old Karl Manke who opened his Owosso barbershop last week in defiance of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's coronavirus shutdown order, WEYI-TV reported.

"We are here to make sure he doesn't get arrested," Daniel Brewer told the station Saturday. "We're willing to stand in front of that door and block the entrance so the police will have no entry there today."

The barbershop has been open since last Monday against state order and received a packed lobby of customers his first morning — as well as two citations before Friday, WEYI said in a previous story.