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In reply to the discussion: “If you're out walking, we're going to stop you, ask why you're out walking, check for your ID,” [View all]MineralMan
(146,344 posts)55. That's true in small towns everywhere.
And people call the cops. That's fine. What that small city is doing, though, is something entirely different. It's frightening, and illegal.
I grew up in a town of 6000 in California. You're right, it was lights out early there, too. Anyone out after 10 PM was suspicious.
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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
brave american gun owners will exercise their right to take down this tyranny, right??? yeah, right
msongs
Dec 2012
#2
Oddly enough, it's the gun nuts that are advocating a police state more than anyone.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#5
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
Why all the outrage when Bloomberg does something similar in NYC with 'stop and frisk'?!?
X_Digger
Dec 2012
#15
On McLaughlin Group Mort Zuckerman was crediting "stop and frisk" with getting guns off the street
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#30
It appears to be legal for the police to ask someone in public for identification
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#37
in a free society safety's gamble but how come securing safety requires a loss of rights.
leftyohiolib
Dec 2012
#25
Paragould is not too far from where we lived in Missouri. I think there is something in the water.
MissMarple
Dec 2012
#33
"They may not be doing anything but walking their dog, but they're going to have to prove it"
progree
Dec 2012
#44