i read this story ealier today, and it has been bugging me ever sence. seems in some county in penn there has been 4 muders in a month, so the local sheriff,, pardon spelling,, has declaired, again pardon spelling, a emergency. ie meaning that at 9pm till 0600 you are not alowed outside. if you meet with more then 3 people you need to have a permit. wish i had the story link to provide, but i do not.
to me this is unconstitunal martial law,,, again pardon the spelling there.
while i do feel for those that died, is it possible for martial law to be impossed???
as i recall martial law, was only in a time of war??? do i have this wrong in the idea that those in power have deff gone outside the lines of law here.
a permit for more then 3 people to meet,, at 9pm till 0600 you cannot be on the street????
so it starts there,, who says it will not be in your town, or across the country ????
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spoken like a true officer, i commend you.
i am not saying revolt, but i wonder how many rights must be taken away before it becomes an absolute?
i know more and more officers of long serving, and enlisted that have given up there commissions and contracts due to this sort of thing.
and yes i know that a new civil war, or revolt, etc would never end well,
and yes, the first doctrine if follow the comander in chief, then there is that other one that says, any lawfull order that is morally corruptable to the other laws of conduct a sailor does not need to follow and will not recieve punishment if it is deemed an unlawful order.
And you are absolutely right: The people have rights, not the police, and the primary duty of the government is to protect those rights.
But let's not take the oath of allegiance given on induction into the armed forces and turn it into a drumbeat against our own nation. That same oath includes an an obligation to obey the orders of the officers appointed over us. It is all part of a larger statement.
As far as abuse of the police power is concerned, we have a better system available to curb abuse. It is called the ballot box.
those said to protect us, where now useing made up powers to enslave us.
if they can do it there, they will do it elsewhere, this trend cannot be allowed to continue, We the people, have rights, not we the gov or we the pd.
funny thing about being a vet, we all took the same oath, all threats foreign and domestic.
what gets me is? if they can do it there as a test bed, then they can do it any where. to many of our rights have been taken away, we do not need to loose more.
again i will say this,, we all took an oath, all threats, foreign and domestic.