Posted on 05/07/2013 6:38:33 AM PDT by johnatures
COMMENTARY | Former Texas Rep. and Presidential candidate Ron Paul is getting blasted for criticizing the imposition of martial law for the city of Boston in an attempt to track down the remaining Boston Marathon bomber.
But what you may not realize is that Boston is hardly an isolated case. And I'm not just talking about American history, but also recent days. And unless we set some ground rules, someone will, in a town like yours.
Of course you heard about Boston and how the city was shut down to flush out the second bomber of the Boston Marathon. You probably haven't heard of Valley Springs, California. But like Boston, it's experiencing the same thing.
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Not likely. We see a county car roll through here once or twice per month.
Less crime, less cops.
The author was apparently not paying attention when the G-20 came to Pittsburgh a couple of years ago. Citizens of East Berlin no doubt had greater freedom of movement and of commerce.
I dont recall Martial Law being declared in Boston. I agree that it was defacto Martial Law, but neither Congress nor the President declared Martial Law (Article 1, Section 8, clause 15)
So my question is simply this ... WHO declared martial law and under WHAT authority?
Was martial law formally declared or did the police merely ask for people to stay in their homes and the people voluntarily did so stay? People can voluntarily cooperate with the police without becoming “sheeple.”
Agree. I asked the same question for the same reason.
I am sure once the people “volunteered” they did not expect to be treated as they were in the videos. [See the videos in the posts above your comment}
AND, their “volunteering” could not be withdrawn, apparently.
Well...knowing this, I sure do not intend to do any “volunteering”. We’ll see how THAT goes.
As I recall, the police did not flush out the second bomber. He was 'discovered' by a citizen whose property had already been searched.
I think that states may have an option here. Think of it as a state version of the Posse Comitatus Act.
“US military forces are prohibited from conducting training, deployment or police activities in counties, cities, and towns in this state unless they are on an existing and permanent federal military reservation, or the state receives a written and signed presidential order directing them to do so one month prior to their arrival, unless the state legislature votes to authorize such a training exercise or deployment, and this authorization is signed by the governor.”
Exactly what I said when Boston went into lock down, and it turns out I was right. As soon as the lock down was lifted, the bomber was found.
These must be test runs. The implememnation of martial law has in every case that I know of made the public less safe - like confiscating guns after Katrina.
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