As we slip deeper into a dystopian nightmare by the day, we are starting to see the first police actions against people who disobey state and local government orders to stay at home and not gather in large groups.
Today in Lakewood New Jersey, Police in Ocean County arrested a homeowner for hosting a pop-up wedding with more than 50 people in attendance. Earlier in the week, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order shutting down schools, telling non-essential businesses they had to close, and telling people not to gather in large groups.
Lakewood police charged 49-year-old Eliyohu Zaks with maintaining a nuisance for hosting the wedding at a home.
“The Lakewood Police is asking that its citizens be responsible and obey the directives set forth by the State of New Jersey for the safety and health of all. Those that choose not to will be subject to criminal prosecution,” police said in a statement.
Police around the country have been flooded with calls from everything from people turning in their neighbors for having people at their homes to turning in businesses who weren’t complying with shutdown order.
In California, multiple police departments say they have been receiving 911 calls from residents concerned that their coughing neighbor might have the coronavirus.
The San Jose California police chief on Friday announced officers will begin enforcing Santa Clara County’s health department order on sheltering at home and shutdown of non-essential businesses to stop the coronavirus spread. They asked the public to call and turn in any business that doesn’t comply. They’ve even started closing down gun shops.
In Las Vegas, police actually had to tell the public to stop calling 911 to turn in businesses on-essential businesses that remain open because they were clogging up the 911 lines. According to a release from NHP, in 24 hours, its dispatchers handle over 800 calls for service, and they need their lines to be kept clear for actual emergencies.
But today, Gov. Steve Sisolak gave the police the power to enforce these forced closures when he issued a broad emergency directive ordering, not asking, all non-essential businesses in the state to close effective midnight on Friday, March 20, 2020.
The directive in Nevada allows local law enforcement agencies to impose criminal penalties on businesses that continue to remain open, after all, other remedies have been exhausted and will remain in effect until April 16.
“This is our only chance at flattening the curve,” Sisolak said. “That’s a fancy way of saying that we need to move quickly, and creatively, to slope a tsunami that’s headed our way.”
Prepare for Coronavirus-related Chaos
Hysteria and panic can make people unpredictable, and even turn the neighboor you thought was your friend against you! If you need supplies, at this point I would stay off the streets for awhile and try to order them online — if you can find them. Many retailers have started limiting even online orders, and Amazon is out of large amounts of grocery products. But if you can, I would see what you can find online and use services like Amazon Fresh, Bulk Emergency Foods, or Amazon Grocery.
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Please read our article from earlier today about Media Hysteria, Global Panic, and a Rational Look at the Actual Numbers — Some people need to realize this isn’t the end of the world and that panic and hysteria are starting to do more damage than the actual virus!
For the prepared, no problem but when medical/sanitary supplies, food and clean water runs out local law enforcement will not contain the desperate…social unrest and lawlessness will prevail. Look at history…it always repeats itself. This emergency is no different.
Keep up the excellent reporting on this site.
Trust in God but be prepared…live by using logic, common sense and the truth (facts).
Pause and think very hard before you pull that trigger.
Out here.
Sorry but if the situation arises you wont have time to think, just act.
I disagree with your end statement having known people who have been in these environments or have lived through a home invasion. You cant pause and think hard before you pull the trigger, you react instinctively and with immediate effect and purpose.
Amen brother I agree with you 100%
Good, wise words.
Yes neighbors, be good little nazi informants. Just like good ol’ hitler days.
Well yeah why the fuck are people still having weddings? They deserve to be turned in. Group of people that undisciplined will surely go and spread it home to there elderly/compromised family members.
I am what is considered an essential worker. I work in grocery. And the same people come in daily. They risk everyone else’s lives intentionally. Do onto others the way you would like to be treated, meaning basically to put everyone else’s safety at risk and OUR families just because you have this idea freedom is risking the lives of everyone else than you are delusional and do not deserve what you think is freedom. Selfish liberties is to step on others for your own benefits. Same people are all pissed also we dont have everything they want. Overly privileged society that cries about freedom and creates their own prison. Those of us that continue to go out everyday to give people a place to get emergency needs is a privilege as an American you should be thankful for and not take it for granted by taking advantage and then crying about why someone turns you in for risking their life!
And you direct people to shop on Amazon and support that oppressor. And in YOUR life or anywhere in American History has our entire economy shut down? And do you really believe it’s even the coronavirus at all? Have you researched bioterrorism? Such as the truth of H5N1? And how it was proven to be human transferable. A man in the Netherlands mutated the virus to make it as contagious as the flu. Used ferrets. Only took 10 mutations. Statistically it has killed 60% of the humans that have become infected. Paul Kiem states it’s far more lethal than Anthrax and the man who proved the virus to be lethal to humans said if released it will kill over half the human population. Same virus in Hunan China that popped up coincidentally during coronavirus in Wuhan. Dont play this off like you can get real numbers and this is a hoax. Something was released and cant be controlled.