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19. uh, RT News. Really?

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:51 PM

Dec 2012

Hardly a reliable source.

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“If you're out walking, we're going to stop you, ask why you're out walking, check for your ID,” [View all] dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 OP

I don't think so. marybourg Dec 2012 #1

brave american gun owners will exercise their right to take down this tyranny, right??? yeah, right msongs Dec 2012 #2

Probably not AlexSatan Dec 2012 #26

How the hell does a town of that size justify a paramilitary arrangement Skidmore Dec 2012 #3

Did you read the article? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #9

Ummmm, no... n/t Earth_First Dec 2012 #4

Oddly enough, it's the gun nuts that are advocating a police state more than anyone. reformist2 Dec 2012 #5

Truer words were never written n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #7

No it's not. Bake Dec 2012 #13

Welcome to Amerika liberal N proud Dec 2012 #6

Paragould is Paranoid Eric the Reddish Dec 2012 #53

Link to local story Newsjock Dec 2012 #8

If he gets away with this, you KNOW it will spread dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #11

We are prepared to throw your hind-end in jail, OK? We're not going to take a lot of flack." Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #12

Channeling George C Scott, evidently. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #22

This will be great on Youtube but it will bankrupt the county ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #47

Paragould, AR. Population about 20,000. MineralMan Dec 2012 #10

Demographics of Paragould FarCenter Dec 2012 #31

Something interesting about those demographicsm, which only go to 2010. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #50

Just announcing they WILL do it may have enough of a chilling effect. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #49

That's true in small towns everywhere. MineralMan Dec 2012 #55

"asking for picture identification" but that's not required to vote. nt jody Dec 2012 #14

Why all the outrage when Bloomberg does something similar in NYC with 'stop and frisk'?!? X_Digger Dec 2012 #15

NY Village Voice story seemed to be seen by a lot of people dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #23

I'll admit to posting it a few times, hehe.. n/t X_Digger Dec 2012 #24

On McLaughlin Group Mort Zuckerman was crediting "stop and frisk" with getting guns off the street FarCenter Dec 2012 #30

Of course he was.. but look at the *actual* stats.. X_Digger Dec 2012 #32

That will not be the case in Paragould -- see demographics link above. FarCenter Dec 2012 #34

Why even bother with the fourth amendment? X_Digger Dec 2012 #35

It appears to be legal for the police to ask someone in public for identification FarCenter Dec 2012 #37

We can thank the SCOTUS for that violation of the 4th (ID) X_Digger Dec 2012 #40

The people in this country ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #16

Paragould...or Paranoid, AR SoCalDem Dec 2012 #17

Germany tried that, twice. It didn't work either time HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #18

uh, RT News. Really? cali Dec 2012 #19

Look upthread for a local source Newsjock Dec 2012 #21

Umm....this is not Nazi Germany. WTF? Avalux Dec 2012 #20

in a free society safety's gamble but how come securing safety requires a loss of rights. leftyohiolib Dec 2012 #25

depending on my mood... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #27

WTF is a semi-automatic assault "riddle" Glassunion Dec 2012 #28

Awww geez....now we gotta ban ..."riddles" !!!! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #36

He wasn't that bad... until he went to Hogwarts sakabatou Dec 2012 #42

"What walks on four legs in the morning ... surrealAmerican Dec 2012 #39

A drunk donut baker. Glassunion Dec 2012 #46

I've never heard of a semi-automatic assault riddle. slackmaster Dec 2012 #29

Paragould is not too far from where we lived in Missouri. I think there is something in the water. MissMarple Dec 2012 #33

I didn't notice any actual numbers in the article. onethatcares Dec 2012 #38

"They may not be doing anything but walking their dog, but they're going to have to prove it" progree Dec 2012 #44

"[P]olice officers brandishing semi-automatic assault riddles..." sakabatou Dec 2012 #41

"Halt! what do you get when you cross a chicken with a checkerboard?" 0rganism Dec 2012 #48

This is so much like Ray Bradbury's story "The Pedestrian" Music Man Dec 2012 #43

I hope the ACUL jusms all over this shit! High crime rate is not probable cause. I might have to.... Logical Dec 2012 #45

Why do we call cop's AR-15s semi-automatic upaloopa Dec 2012 #51

Let them ask away. . . . BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #52

Won't work rustydog Dec 2012 #54

When Facism comes to America.............. Smilo Dec 2012 #56

Bwahahahaha! I'd give him my lawyer's name and address! ILLEGAL, ANYONE?! WinkyDink Dec 2012 #57