In America…
Posted by Ted Bronson | Filed under Oddly Not Satire, The Bad Old Days
The crime ridden town of Helena-West Helena is safer tonight, and tomorrow at noon for that matter, thanks to a new 24 hour a day curfew. Since the curfew began, which allowed police to stop anyone within a ten square block for any reason at any time of day, at least thirty two people have been arrested. Searches of these people are justified, according to Councilman Eugene “Red” Johnson for the following reason:
“As far as I’m concerned, at 3 o’clock in the morning, nobody has any business being on the street, except the law,” Councilman Eugene “Red” Johnson said. “Anyone out at 3 o’clock shouldn’t be out on the street, unless you’re going to the hospital.”
The Mayor went on to justify this, the second curfew he and police have imposed on the town with the following:
“Now if somebody wants to sue us, they have an option to sue, but I’m fairly certain that a judge will see it the way the way the citizens see it here,” Mayor James Valley said. “The citizens deserve peace, that some infringement on constitutional rights is OK and we have not violated anything as far as the Constitution.”
Unfortunately, some whiny little ACLU lawyer is trying to ruin the police action by citing the Fourth Amendment. One can only hope this lone voice Hottentot is run out of town on a rail.
That’s the news from here, Your America, 2008. Back to you at the desk.
Tags: Sometimes in Arkansas, where is the outrage?
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