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Friday, July 15, 2011

Small Arizona Town In Furor After 2nd Citizen Arrested For Speaking At Town Meeting

The town of Quartzsite, AZ, population 3,466, is in disarray after a video showing police hauling away a citizen for speaking at the town meeting podium went viral. The woman was saying that the town council had been violating open meeting laws.

It was the second citizen arrested at a Quartzsite town meeting in two weeks (here's the first). Tensions have been simmering in the town ever since the council raised sewage and water rates in order to help meet budget shortfalls. Citizens got upset after there was a disagreement over whether the town council meetings were being held in full accordance with open meeting rules. For instance, whether all all the meetings were accessible by the public and whether there was sufficient public notice given as to their dates and times.

After butting heads repeatedly, the council fired the mayor and declared a state of emergency. The council put the police chief in charge of everything and decreed that open meeting laws were suspended.

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4 comments:

  1. A some point the citizens are going to have to arrest these moron cops that don't even know the laws they are supposed to defend.
    More and more it is becoming the government vs the people.
    Oh, and for you badge hiding cops out there, there are way more people!

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  2. coming soon to a town near you!!

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  3. This is how easy they think it is to intimidate the populace. Also, a good illustration of just how much they think about our freedom and who they work for...."a well-armed militia, being necessary....". A CITIZEN arrested for SPEAKING at a government meeting??! The Bill of Rights? There ain't no stinkin' Bill of Rights anymore...

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  4. The Obama society..... start getting used to it.

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