Crime-ridden Arkansas Town Expands 24-hour Curfew
CBS News Online
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[excerpt] (AP) Officers armed with military rifles have been stopping and questioning passers-by in a neighborhood plagued by violence that's been under a 24-hour curfew for a week.
On Tuesday, the Helena-West Helena City Council voted 9-0 to allow police to expand that program into any area of the city, despite a warning from a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas that the police stops were unconstitutional.
On Tuesday, the Helena-West Helena City Council voted 9-0 to allow police to expand that program into any area of the city, despite a warning from a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas that the police stops were unconstitutional.
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Rambleman: As my wife pointed out to me, this is just bad. There have been other cities in the U.S. where there's been high crime rates and they solved their problem by 'the people' taking back their city/town back themselves. By neighborhood crime-watches, etc. By giving the police the power to carry assault rifles like the military does, I believe you're just inviting the citizens to become even more victim-like. Police DO NOT prevent crime, they get there AFTER THE FACT. Agree? Disagree? Tell me/us what you think.
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