Governor Reynolds comments on recent protests

At today's press conference with Governor Reynolds, she addressed the recent protests by saying: "Thank you to all of those who exercise their right to protest in a peaceful and responsible way. At some events, agitators again attempted to detract from the message and resort to violence. These types of actions do absolutely nothing to create solutions and move forward, and they are not going to be tolerated."

She and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety Stephan Bayens agreed that there will be no toleration of non-peaceful "hijackers."

When asked about the threshold for law enforcement to use pepper spray, tear gas, and physical removal of protesters, Baynes said, "We are extremely reluctant to take those actions" and that he had no desire to have peaceful protestors or reporters get caught up in that.