Martial Law

[Bailey Guns]

It didn't happen in Boston. If you think it did, you need to inform yourself of what constitutes martial law.

I've seen several people on this forum talk about martial law being imposed on the Boston area. I don't know where this idea came from, possibly from the heavy police presence and the fact police agencies were conducting some door-to-door searches. Or maybe some folks spend a little too much time tuned in to Alex Jones.

Google it if you don't know what it means.

[JMBD2112]

I've been hearing the same junk at work, and Alex jones could make a conspiracy out of a bowel movement

[hobowh]

I think it had to do with the door to door searches, they just assume that means that martial law was declared since they instituted a shelter in place order at the same time.

[losttrail]

True, it was not martial law instituted in Boston, but it WAS pieces of what martial law would be.

I think this may have been a micro test to see what how the citizenry would react; would they be docile sheeple and follow along blindly.

The actions taken by the government were ill timed and over-reaching in my opinion. They just didn't make sense.

[Bailey Guns]

True, it was not martial law instituted in Boston, but it WAS pieces of what martial law would be.

I think this may have been a micro test to see what how the citizenry would react; would they be docile sheeple and follow along blindly.

While I respect your opinion, I disagree. I don't see this as a test at all. A test would imply (to me, anyway) something pre-planned. I don't think any part of that very fluid and dynamic situation/search was pre-planned by anyone.

And if it was a piece of what martial law looked like it was a very, very small, really tiny piece, maybe. Like, "Please stay in your home." Nothing more. And as far as I can tell, the governor issued a request...not an order...for people in the Boston area to "shelter in place". I can't find any reference to a mandatory order for people to stay inside. In the area where the fugitive was eventually discovered, and possibly in other areas, there may have been very isolated orders by the police to occupants of a few homes to "stay inside". Orders which would have been very temporary at best.

I have to say, as an LEO, I've given orders to people at a few incidents to "go inside, lock your doors" or something similar when searching or trying to arrest dangerous people. That still doesn't equate to martial law, even on a small scale, and if they had come out of their homes and walked away I would've done nothing about it unless they interfered with what was going on. Even then the distraction from dealing with them was probably mitigated by just letting them leave the area and accomplished exactly what I wanted...keeping them safe.

Attempting to protect the general population through such an order or even evacuation of a few houses in a neighborhood due to dangerous circumstances doesn't equate to martial law, either.

The actions taken by the government were ill timed and over-reaching in my opinion. They just didn't make sense.

What government?

[brokenscout]

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True, it was not martial law instituted in Boston, but it WAS pieces of what martial law would be.

I think this may have been a micro test to see what how the citizenry would react; would they be docile sheeple and follow along blindly.

The actions taken by the government were ill timed and over-reaching in my opinion. They just didn't make sense.

[hatidua]

Things don't seem to get "declared" as much as they used to. I don't recall the U.S. formally declaring war in Iraq or Afghanistan and yet I highly suspect those that got shot/bombed died just as dead as if war had in fact been declared. Now, we just do, forget the declarations. Martial Law wasn't declared in Boston, as such, it's all just peachy.

[Skully]

Agreed it was not full on Martial Law, but as Lost Trail said elements.

From what we have seen with the door to door searches was overeaching. Asking people to NOT go anywhere, stay home.................hmmmm.

[Bailey Guns]

Agreed it was not full on Martial Law, but as Lost Trail said elements.

From what we have seen with the door to door searches was overeaching. Asking people to NOT go anywhere, stay home.................hmmmm.

Exactly. The police were "asking" people not to go out on the streets where they were conducting operations.

[10mm-man]

Exactly. The police were "asking" people not to go out on the streets where they were conducting operations.

Do you have the source back up, that it was just a polite "stay in your home" request ? I didn't see a soul outside their home, but then again I really didn't follow this. From what I did see; there was not a soul on the street and there were some heavily armed presence rolling around.

Either way there is a war going on and it is now on the streets of America. To what point it escalates is unknown, for now! Of course that is another issues about American rights or enemy combatant. Stay Safe, stay vigilant!