http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Arkans...down_0812.html
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/...=70564&catid=2 (this one has video)
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/...=70564&catid=2 (this one has video)
Quote:
| The ACLU of Arkansas sent [Mayor James] Valley a letter Friday, calling the order "blatantly unconstitutional on numerous grounds" and demanding that he lift the order immediately. "First, such curfews have never been allowed under the laws of the United States, barring riot, insurrection, or natural disaster," ACLU attorney Holly Dickson wrote in the letter. "Not one case has ever allowed for the imposition of searches, seizures and house arrest against innocent citizens because of the high crime rate in a particular city." The letter also claims that the language in the order violates the Fourth Amendment and that placing adults under house arrest is unconstitutional. "Notwithstanding the City Code and Curfew Order, the residents of Helena-West Helena have the right to sit under shade trees in their front yard, to ride their bicycles along the streets, protest this policy, and drive around the city with the full protections of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments," the letter continued. Valley said he hadn't read the letter as of Friday night but that he's "not concerned about the ACLU." "I invite them to move in on Second Street and be up all night with people shooting at them," Valley said. "That's my comment to them." Valley called the situation extraordinary. |
