Martial Law by The Leftist Review
It is as if someone has died, that realization which comes to you from out of the blue and says, "Oh wow, they really did that!" Armed men in military style fatigues took over an American city and ordered its residents off the streets. Roaming, this force in their armored personnel carriers, interrogated citizens who dared break from their "voluntary" request. They ejected people from their homes and searched them without warrant. It reminded me of a scene from the movie Fahrenheit 451 where they were chasing Montag with the helicopters, while his picture is splashed across the television as "breaking news."
Authorities pick out official suspects, disallowing any other photographs but those deemed "official." The authorities ask for the public's help in identifying the suspects, and then the boy's mother comes forward saying the FBI has been talking to her son for two years and has been to their home"
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