We’re Investigating Martial Law in Arkansas, a Bad Sign for Liberty.

Investigating martial law in Arkansas.

“Assistant Police Chief Ronald Scott says since the curfew was implemented late Thursday afternoon, people are “sleeping better”.

“We’ve taken some drugs off people, a couple of guns off people, says Scott.

“Authorities say that is the whole point. But the ACLU of Arkansas sent Mayor Valley a letter saying the curfew is unconstitutional.

“Imposing house arrest and suspending the Fourth Amendment for law-abiding people is only going to cause more problems for this city, said ACLU of Arkansas staff attorney Holly Dickson.

“They need to work with the community to get this resolved instead of treating all of their citizens like criminals.

“Martial Law in a small Arkansas town ‘Gen.

“Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

“NewsMax, November 21, 2003 Paradoxically, preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader a dictator willing to use those dreaded “extraordinary measures”, which few know how, or are willing, to employ.”

– Michael Ledeen, White House adviser and fellow of the American Enterprise Institute, Machiavelli on Modern Leadership. Why Machiavelli’s Iron Rules Are As Timely and Important Today As Five Centuries Ago.

Lockdown

“For the current President, “enforcement of the laws to restore public order” means to commandeer guardsmen from any state, over the objections of local governmental, military and local police entities.

“…ship them off to another state; conscript them in a law enforcement mode; and set them loose against “disorderly” citizenry protesters, possibly, or those who object to forced vaccinations and quarantines in the event of a bio-terror event.

“The law also facilitates militarized police round-ups and detention of protesters, so called “illegal aliens”, “potential terrorists” and other “undesirables” for detention in facilities already contracted for and under construction by Halliburton. That’s right.

“Under the cover of a trumped-up “immigration emergency” and the frenzied militarization of the southern border, detention camps are being constructed right under our noses, camps designed for anyone who resists the foreign and domestic agenda of the Bush administration.

“Make no mistake about it. the de-facto repeal of the Posse Comitatus Act (PCA) is an ominous assault on American democratic tradition and jurisprudence.”

– Bush Moves Toward, Law.

The Police State

“Whether or not there are plans to stage another terrorist event, the fact remains that Bush has cleared a path towards establishing a dictatorship within the U.S.

“Given Bush and Cheney’s psychological profiles, it is unlikely that this pathway was cleared for altruistic purposes, and it seems equally unlikely that they will not now take advantage of it.

“Nor did Bush clear this pathway for some future president. Bush and Cheney are both far too selfish and egotistical for that.

“So it is likely that Bush will walk this path sometime before the next election.

“…should Bush declare martial law, life in this country will quickly become untenable for a great many of us.

“Halliburton subsidiaries are currently building internment camps to house detainees.

“The first sweep will pick up radicals and known dissenters, along with Blacks and Hispanics. Successive sweeps will capture more disruptive minorities, along with any newly vocal critics.”

– In Case of Martial Law.

Total Tyranny

“A neighborhood here is on police lock down, all over a $6, or maybe $8, debt.

“The feud started earlier this week, when a man recently released from jail refused to pay the money back to a neighbor, residents and authorities said.

“A group of men jumped the ex-inmate and fired guns into the air and into homes, mostly after dark, residents and authorities said, prompting some people to sleep on the floors for fear of being struck by stray bullets.

“The man and his buddies retaliated. with guns, as well. turning the already high crime neighborhood into what residents said sounded for a few nights like a combat zone.

“As a consequence, Mayor James Valley on Thursday called for a lockdown of the roughly 10-block neighborhood northwest of City Hall, in what was formerly West Helena.

“No loitering. No walking the streets. No hanging out.”

– Arkansas Town Imposes “Martial Law” Style Lockdown.