Posted on 01/25/2016 2:35:18 AM PST by Enlightened1
It's the nagging fear many have about our government: what would happen if martial law was declared? New York City just found out, at least temporarily.
Eleven states as well as Washington D.C. declared states of emergency in the wake of the massive record-breaking snowstorm which blanketed the East. But New York City went a step further. Governor Andrew Cuomo declared martial law in New York City by ordering all people to stay inside under police enforcement. He issued an absolute travel ban for anything that is not an emergency vehicle.
The New York Police Department put out a blunt announcement on Saturday: "After 2:30 p.m. and you're on the road, we will arrest you."
As if that wasn't direct enough, the NYPD reiterated, ""Stay off the road. We don't want to have to arrest you."
A spokesperson for the New York Police Department said the ban just means no vehicles on the roads. Walking, running, and bicycles are permitted. "They can pedal all they want," said the spokesman
The police did request people not to walk in the streets so people could do their job.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
“liberals” love to control people and tell them what to do.
I thought it was Adolf.
Hogwash!
I'm nearly 70 years old. I've lived in the NYC Metro area most of my life. It snows here in the winter. Before five years ago or so I cannot remember politicians ordering everything closed. They do it because they are power crazy and want to pretend that they are in control.
There was an April Blizzard ["life threatening," it was, 20+ inches] back in the 70's where I had tickets for an opera I really wanted to see. I took the 20 mile bus ride into Manhattan along a virtually empty highway. Most people are smart enough to stay off the roads without a politician's order. In Manhattan, only cabs were on the streets. My bus had no trouble. The subways worked. It was a normal trip for me except that I didn't drive my own car.
But some do have to drive. (Hospital workers, policemen, plow drivers, &c.) They know it and for the most part have cars that are equipped to handle the snow. Someone had to drive Christie, de Blasio, et al., around for all those Weather Channel interviews.
ML/NJ
This is FR. Shouldn’t that be spelled “marshall”?
I think "martial law" is an exaggeration but I'm not a fan of the government making the decision as to whether or not I should leave my home and go to work - or do whatever. I think a lot of people are depending too much on the government when they should rely on their own common sense. The storm that happened on Saturday, I chose not to go out and drive in it, but that was my decision.
I also think politicians use events like this to show that they are "in charge" and taking control of the situation. I'm not losing sleep because governors and mayors ban driving during snowstorms now and then but it is a slippery slope we are headed down.
Liberal Land:
You are not free to walk down the street.
They didn’t do a door to door search for guns? They are going to lose some of their liberal credibility over that.
Yes, but fewer of them every year. Where common sense is sparse, orders abound.
“Hostages are being rounded up.”
“All newspapers are subject to government review before publication.”
“Anyone found in possession of a weapon will be summarily executed.”
Just another Drama Queen title by some stupid little kid that gets excited and can’t control their emotions.
There was good reason to prevent cars from being on the road during a major snow storm. I wouldn’t expect a little kid to understand that emergency vehicles and snow plows do not need stuck and abandoned cars on the roads during such a snow fall.
>> The author is clueless as to the definition of martial law <<
Yes, and the article is typical of the unreliable verbiage that appears constantly on wnd.com.
(I’d just as soon trust BernieSanders.com!)
Martial law indicates the presence of troops replacing police. Any New Yorkers on this board see any troop concentrations during the snowstorm?
Didn’t think so.
“Driving is not a right. It is a privilege.”
And, here, my (L) tendencies kicks-in.
How ‘bout walking? They sure frown upon (and WILL, sometimes, arrest) those hitch-hiking or walking along the ‘freeways’. Cops will pull-over on those country roads to ask, “Where you going?” (and I don’t mean in the nice way), w/out being flagged down.
Was riding a horse, pulled in a carriage, pedaling a bicycle, etc. a privilege? What makes operating XYZ any different? Does the driving test (at 16/18) REALLY show proficiency? Why no re-test @ 65/70 to ensure the ol’ noodle/reflexes are STILL as sharp?
Bad enough I need ‘permission’ (passport) to leave and return to the country of my birth!
So easy to slip into the skin of Socialist; it is ‘for the common good’, no?
It was a cynical calculated political move to assume an Italian identity on the premise that being Italian was better for more votes than Dutch-German. If he could have sold his soul he probably would have weighed that option as well IMHO
Agreed. The Boston deal was martial law and the stay off the roads is well a little extreme but they probably didn’t want to have to be out risking first responders lives to rescue morons out driving in bad conditions. Plus it sounds like nobody paid much attention anyway.
BTW you will know martial law when you see it.
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