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Source: rt.com...
There isn’t a lot to do in Paragould, Arkansas, but residents of the town of barely 25,000 seem to have no problem finding trouble. Now in order to curb the rising crime rate, the city is proposing heavily armed police patrol the streets on foot.
At a town hall meeting on Thursday, Mayor Mike Gaskill and Police Chief Todd Stovall endorsed a plan to send cops dressed in full-fledged SWAT gear and equipped with AR-15s into downtown Paragould starting in 2013.
The militarized police force will be tasked with trying to control a crime rate that has made Paragould an increasingly dangerous place to live in recent years. According to statistics collected by city-data.com, Paragould has had a property crime index rating more than double the national average since 2007. Rapes, burglaries, thefts and assaults per capita are also well above the mean there, statistically suggesting Paragould is perhaps the least-safe among area cities....
"We're going to do it to everybody," he said. "Criminals don't like being talked to."Gaskill backed Stovall's proposed actions during Thursday's town hall. "They may not be doing anything but walking their dog," he said. "But they're going to have to prove it." . . .
Stovall said he did not consult an attorney before announcing his plans to combat crime.
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com...
Stovall added that he realized there was little difference between what he was proposing and martial law--and that he didn't much care.
"We're going to do it to everybody," he said. "Criminals don't like being talked to."Gaskill backed Stovall's proposed actions during Thursday's town hall. "They may not be doing anything but walking their dog," he said. "But they're going to have to prove it." . . .
The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of political corruption and voter intimidation. The event is sometimes cited by firearms ownership advocates as an example of the value of the Second Amendment in combating tyranny.
the above is NY times Dec 20, 2012.
In the interview, Mr. Cuomo did not offer specifics about the measures he might propose, but, while discussing assault weapons, he said: “Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option — keep your gun but permit it.”
Originally posted by Lonewulph
reply to post by Agarta
Cops are pawns, doing what the chief, mayor, and city counsel tell them what to do and how.
The political pressure to act was created by the innocent citizens who live there, baracaded in their homes in fear for their lives because of crime running rampant in their streets. Little old people peering through the blinds, they feel like prisoners inside their homes, unable to do anything about the evil developing in front of them.... Calling on their commissioners, senators and congressmen demanding action.
Originally posted by JayinAR
People there are viewing it as a violation of their rights but an almost necessary move to keep their kids safe.