Activists with local chapters of the national grassroots progressive organisation Indivisible arranged body bags outside the gate of the governor’s mansion in Austin:Protesters in the US laid body bags outside Texas, Florida and Arizona statehouses and a governor’s mansion on Tuesday to protest plans to reopen businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Greg Abbot (R) started reopening businesses in the state, including malls, on May 1. Ron DeSantis (R) also started reopening businesses earlier this month. There had been nearly 42,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the state as of Tuesday, including 1,779 deaths, according to the state health department. Arizona started reopening some businesses last week, per an order by Gov.

Source: Huffington Post May 12, 2020 21:56 UTC