Your papers...Coming soon to a town near you!
“[Police are] going to be in SWAT gear and have AR-15s around their neck,”
Now if I proposed wrapping an AR-15 around a cop’s neck someone would get mad at me.
A 98% white municipality with martial law? This guy is off his rocker.
Unless, of course, you appear to be of Hispanic extraction. Wouldn't want to harm the feelings of the "undocumented" community now, would we?
And, so if you don’t happen to be carrying ID, such as while jogging, you’re in violation of this new order?
Wow... sounds like quite a place to live. Hope the residents enjoy their new “security.”
that’ll do wonders to property values..
hope Mr Mayor has a side gig, he’s gonna need it. If he pulls it off he likely won’t make it in office to the next election.
BTW I heard the code to get the cops to back off is “Alha Akbar” “hail hitler” or “hail Obama” is also acceptable.
Your papers...He hasn’t yet quite got around to the part where the TSA/HomeLand Security crowd will be administering the program..../s
See..if they can get away with it out here in Arkansas...they can get away with it anywhere...
This isn’t martial law. This is a police state.
Huge difference between the two.
Yeah............a little overreaction, that’s for sure.
For a second, I thought I’d accidently surfed over to “The Onion”.
Personally, I really hate it when I can longer tell the difference between satirical news and real news.
I think martial law is a bit.....much.
The local TEA Party needs to meet and agree to defund the town. Cut off the money to these nazis.
I predict the city will have severe financial issues from all the lawsuits by the end of 2013.
Why no specifics? What crimes and who are the criminals?
One of my earliest memories was when I was around 4 years old and I was looking at a Panama City Newspaper. I couldn’t read but saw a picture of soldiers in the street burning a pile of tables etc.
I asked my Mother what it was and she said it was martial law in Phenix City, Alabama. The governor had declared martial law after the citizens got fed up with organized crime running the city. It took the assassination of the Alabama attorney general elect to get things going.
Looks like they did in 1918..
DOWNTOWN PARAGOULD , ARKANSAS 
next up..........................................baby blue helmets
I think Arkansas needs to declare marital law.
Really?
Stovall announced his new “Street Crimes Unit” plan at a Dec. 13 town hall meeting, telling the citizens gathered that the armed patrols would start in 2013, with officers stopping citizens, demanding ID and charging those who refused to answer questions with obstruction of governmental operations. On Sunday, with the Internet beginning to take note of his idea, Stovall seemed to dial back his tone, issuing a statement via the Paragould PD website titled “Armed Patrol Clarifications” which said that officers wouldn’t harass citizens, and would not be carrying AR-15 assault rifles constantly while on foot patrol because it would be “impractical.”
“Many citizens, through various media outlets, have expressed a concern about the police ‘violating rights’ or ‘violating the Constitution,’ “ the statement said. “We have to abide by the same rules, regulations, and laws that our citizens do. We are not out to violate anyone’s rights. Once we have an area that shows a high crime rate or a high call volume, it is our duty and obligation to find out why this is occurring and what we can do to prevent the trend from continuing.”
And yet, when a cop gets hurt or killed, he is suddenly a hero. He’s a 15 year veteran of the force with a wife and kids and we’re all supposed to feel bad that he’s dead. Even if he’s an abusive asshole to whom the constitution is just a suggestion.