Martial Law Declared In New England

Martial Law Declared In New England







Examiner – by Jeffrey Phelps

As of 5:00 PM EST Friday, authorities in multiple Northeastern US states have implemented martial law, due to “the weather.”

Facing up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine for merely driving their own cars on public streets and highways,
citizens in various areas within the New England region have been hit
with executive orders, threatening residents with criminal penalties if
they leave their homes and attempt to drive during the current
snowstorm.

Using the color of law to impose demands on the public that can only be seen as a massive overreach of power, individuals in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts thus far have been issued bans on driving in those areas.

R.I. Gov. Lincoln Chafee, for instance, has ordered vehicles off of
Routes I-95, I-195, RI-146, RI-24 and I-295, beginning at 5 p.m.,
according to the R.I. Emergency Management Agency.

The only exceptions, according to R.I.’s WPRI,
are the news media, public safety vehicles and public works vehicles
and workers that includes contract personnel, government officials on
official business, utility company vehicles and workers, health care
workers who travel to and from work in order to provide essential health
services, travel necessary to maintain and deliver critical private
sector services such as energy, fuel supplies, financial systems and
critical commodities and travel to support business operations that
provide critical services to the public, including gas stations, food
stores and hardware stores.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick also signed an executive order
banning all non-essential motor vehicle travel statewide beyond 4 p.m.,
believed to be the first such travel ban since the blizzard of 1978, according to the Associated Press.

Connecticut’s Gov. Dannel P. Malloy imposed a travel ban of his own
Friday on the state’s limited access highways and deployed National
Guard troops around the state for rescues or other emergencies.

Thus far, authorities in other areas in the region, such as New York,
have not stated if they will be following suit. It is also unclear as
to how long the executive orders stand or if it is even legal to impose
such demands on the public’s right to travel freely, regardless of the
conditions.

Many residents in the area have openly expressed being surprised by
the “overreaction,” seeing the executive orders as completely
unnecessary, considering New England and surrounding areas are used to
seeing snow storms of similar magnitudes almost every season.


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