Feb 08 2010
Who Gave the King Police Chief Martial Law Authority?
Authorities lifted curfew and alcohol restrictions in King on Sunday, but said a state of emergency declaration remained in effect until Monday.
Authorities said the state of emergency declaration would continue until Monday 9 a.m., barring any unforeseen circumstances or severe changes.
Effective Sunday afternoon, alcohol restrictions and a curfew were lifted. All other remaining restrictions would continue until Monday, said Paula May, King police chief.
Other restrictions included a ban on the sale or purchase of any type of firearm, ammunition, explosive or any possession of such items off a person’s own premises.
Oh really? I’d like to see “Chief Eichmann” hold her little martial law display up in a court of law. The Chief of Police of King, North Carolina has no right to violate the Constitutional rights of the residents of that community just because a damn storm passed through, or really any reason for that matter. Her actions were nothing less than tyrannical and AG Roy Cooper needs to do an investigation into this.
Update: It sounds like these orders may have originated from higher up.
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[...] · Leave a Comment Reports in North Carolina claim the Police Chief of King, North Carolina, declared what amounts to a state of Martial Law based on a relatively mild snow storm. Curfews, bans on alcohol sales, driving restrictions, and [...]
I updated the above comment blogpost here after speaking personally to Chief May. Please see the update at the shortlink here:
http://wp.me/pzqev-3a.
Turns out, she doesn’t seem to be the bad guy in this one.
Ex-Pat Ex-Lawyer
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May is totally guilty, she should be suspended. If the wackjob mayor gave unlawful orders and she followed them then she is to blame. So are her cops. I so wish someone had the balls to get cited and test this and kill it in the supreme court. Next time perhaps the mayor will also want the guns confiscated and then since there is no respect for rights lets just start shooting people on the street after curfew, should we start with blacks or whites.
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As a law enforcement officer myself I know there is a great need for the use of common sense. I see every day where people just do things and the use of common sense is not a guide. It is not rational to just do things and think later in hinesight. I hope at least in hinesight that it would be obvious now that because there is some snow, not to use rules as if there had been some form of real natural dissaster. People are intrusted as leadership by the people who trust them to do their very best job. This was a terrible job by those intrusted as leadership. If this is the best job this leadership can do, then I suggest you retire and buy yourself a farm, and manage it the way you wish. People who pay taxes and you do not wish to be locked in the house and given a bed time. Larry Pendergraft
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This shows that without all the facts conclusions drawn can be wrong. Whether anyone learns from this will have to be seen.
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I was thinking, this is a women in charge gone wild event. Everyone needs a mommie to tell them to stay in, not drink, and don’t play with your gun.
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“Emergencies Have Always Been the Pretext on Which the Safeguards of Individual Liberty Have Eroded” Friedrich von Hayek
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