D. Michigan shares land and water borders with Wisconsin to the west and Indiana and Ohio to the south. It also has water borders with Illinois, Minnesota and the Canadian province of Ontario. The kidnapping suspects were accused of planning “try” Whitmer for “treason” before the Nov. 3 election.

Q: Authorities said two of the suspects were among those carrying rifles into the state capitol building during a protest against the governor’s orders to control the spread of covid-19. What is the capital city of Michigan?

A. Detroit

B. Grand Rapids

C. Lansing

D. Warren

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C. On April 30, heavily armed protesters entered the capitol building in Lansing and some protesters, including one of the suspects, stood with their weapons in the gallery overlooking state lawmakers. Detroit, Grand Rapids and Warren are the state’s three most populous cities.

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Q: The kidnapping suspects were tied to right-wing militia groups. The two men convicted of killing 168 people in a 1995 bombing attended some of the earliest meetings of a group calling itself the Michigan Militia. Where did that bombing of a federal building take place?

A. New York City

B. Oklahoma City

C. Tuscon

D. Washington, D.C.

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B. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were convicted in the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. It is the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the United States, killing 168 people, including 19 babies and children, and injuring more than 680 others.

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Q: Can private civilian militias act as law enforcement in Michigan?

A. Yes

B. No

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B. All 50 states have some provision in their state law that prohibits private militia or private paramilitary activity. Some of the suspects in the Michigan case have been charged as members of a criminal gang.

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