Helena, Arkansas a Mid-South Crime-ridden town.

Helena, Arkansas a Mid-South Crime-ridden town. HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. Officers armed with military rifles have been stopping and questioning passers-by in a neighborhood plagued by violence that's been under a 24-hour curfew for a week. On Tuesday, the Helena-West Helena City Council voted 9-0 to allow police to expand that program into any area of the city, despite a warning from a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas that the police stops were unconstitutional. Police Chief Fred Fielder said the patrols have netted 32 arrests since they began last week in a 10-block neighborhood in this small town on the banks of the Mississippi River long troubled by poverty. The council said those living in the city want the random shootings and drug-fueled violence to stop, no matter what the cost. Now if somebody wants to sue us, they have an option to sue, but I'm fairly certain that a judge will see it the way the way the citizens see it here, Mayor James Valley said. The citizens deserve peace, that some infringement on constitutional rights is OK and we have not violated anything as far as the Constitution. The area under curfew, in what used to be a West Helena neighborhood, sits among abandoned homes and occupied residences in disrepair. White signs on large blue barrels warn those passing by that the area remains under curfew by order of Mayor James Valley. The order was scheduled to end at 3 p.m. Tuesday, but Valley said the city council's vote would allow police to have the same powers across Helena-West Helena. The controversial mayor from Helena-West Helena who recently came under fire for releasing shelter dogs into a national forest....is raising eyebrows again. Mayor James Valley has given residents in one high-crime neighborhood two choices.... go home or go to jail! Go home or go to jail! Those are the only two options for people living in one Mid-South neighborhood .... Crime-ridden Arkansas town. West Helena Arkansas Before the 24-Hour Curfew watch the video

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[BassGoesBoom1]

the more blacks there are in an area the higher the crime rate

[smokeyoazz]

I'm not to far from Helena and I'm in the process of trying to catch the mother fucker breaking in my vehicles, when I do I'm blowing yo ass of mother fucker!!!

[UDKoder]

@rickmm89

I was born in Little Rock. Wow, so glad I left.

You guys are clearly a bunch of rednecks.

Good shot tho.

[mrcarterofAR]

This is why I stick to NW Arkansas as much as possible.

It's sad too, Helena has alot of interesting history.

[lozorogers]

caught red handed mutha fucker...tht why we got the right yo bust some ass

[arkansasgurl501]

guess we are just going have to send all white ppl on a boat back to england for a few idiots killing at schools too?... lol funny music, but dumb video, great brain washer tho...

[silverton7777]

niggerr growing strong



[businessowner2]

I am a business owner in West Helena also.I think this needs to happen more often.My house has been broken into 3 times and no one was arrested.What are we paying the police for?If the police won't do anything to curb crime.....WE the citizens of West Helena HAVE TO. WAY TO GO KALB'S PAWN

[rickmm89]

I like the double tap on the guy to make sure he was dead an no it isnt fake people in Helena are crazy and Little Rock is the 3rd most dangerous city in the U.S per capita

[reagansmash68]

fake.