Searchingtoo's Blog

Majority rules.
Suspension of civil rights occurs periodically throughout this country. It's a fact Jack.
The ACLU needs to quit supporting criminals.
It's a suspension, not a termination.

I suspect the innocent people won't mind being subject to unlawful stops and questioning at all.

Yeah, in situations like this there is usually at least on liberal hold out, protesting the suspension of constitution rights... but in this case there wasnt.. that pretty much speaks for itself.

Jewells another poster says he's been there and the whole town is REALLLY poor.. in todays economy I can only suspect that they have gotten even poorer... poverty breeds crime.
The citzens are sick of living in a war zone... flat out sick of it.

I know that I would temporarily give up some rights if my children had to sleep on the floor in an attempt to avoid stray bullets.

Yeah a Army reservists was shot two nights ago at a south KC car wash. Don't get me wrong as I pray often, but you still have to get up and do something to get results. Gangsters often turn to the bible in prison , but out on the streets they turn to the gun.

Actually a 24 hr curfew might be excessive. A dusk until dawn curfew would be much more appropriate. A number of years ago one of the Kansas City Police Chiefs policy was, "any vehicle, containing three or more males, under age 21, were to be stopped and questioned. All occupants were to provide ID, and that ID was to be checked for outstanding warrants and criminal histories." This policy proved quite unpopular with some "community leaders and activists". However, the net result was that the number of drive by shootings and other criminal activities dropped while the policy was in place.

Personally I think it was a great policy, and one that should be considered again. (By the way, I got stopped and questioned one morning when I was driving my carpool to work. We had to be there at 2:00AM, so three guys in a car fit the policy, the only thing was the youngest one of us was 35!)