Arkansas Town Enacts Martial Law

January 30th, 2013

Via: Salon:

Following a rise in violent crime in Paragould, an Arkansas town of around 26,000 residents, the mayor and police chief announced that starting this month police in SWAT gear carrying AR-15s would patrol the streets.

“If you’re out walking, we’re going to stop you, ask why you’re out walking, and check for your ID,” police chief Todd Stovall told a December town hall meeting. As if to render the implementation of a visible police state more palatable, Stovall assured residents that police stops would not be based on any profiling: “We’re going to do it to everybody,” he said.

One Response to “Arkansas Town Enacts Martial Law”

  1. prov6yahoo says:

    I bet guns are banned here too.

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