A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from April 20, 2020
“If government can suspend your rights anytime it deems something a crisis, you don’t have rights”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in, essentially, medical martial law. Many people were locked down in their homes. by order of state governors.
   
“If the government can suspend your rights during a crisis then you never really had any rights to begin with, only government granted privileges” was posted on Facebook by Ronnie Peterson on March 17, 2020. “If the government can suspend your rights, you don’t have rights, you have Privileges” was posted on Twitter by Libertarian_Pirate on April 1, 2020. “It seems to me that if the government can suspend your rights whatever the situation then you have no rights just government approved privileges” was posted on Twitter by Hectors Fate on April 12, 2020.
   
“If the government can suspend your rights anytime it deems something is a crisis, you don’t have rights. You have permissions” was posted on Facebook by MemeAholics Anonymous on April 18, 2020.
 
 
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
             
Facebook 
Ronnie Peterson
March 17, 2020 ·
If the government can suspend your rights during a crisis then you never really had any rights to begin with, only government granted privileges.
 
Twitter 
Libertarian_Pirate
@KuhlShaun
Replying to @haincfreak and @LegendaryEnergy
If the government can suspend your rights, you don’t have rights, you have Privileges.
GIF
9:06 PM · Apr 1, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter 
Libertarian_Pirate
@KuhlShaun
Replying to @noblevimbai and @nytimes
Fun fact: If a government can suspend your rights, you don’t have rights, you have privileges.
9:14 PM · Apr 4, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter 
Mr Muggles 2007
@2007Muggles
Replying to @johncardillo
If the government can “suspend” your rights, you never had any rights to start with.
8:20 PM · Apr 11, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter 
Hectors Fate
@FateHectors
Replying to @DavidAFrench
It seems to me that if the government can suspend your rights whatever the situation then you have no rights just government approved privileges.
2:24 PM · Apr 12, 2020·Twitter Web App
     
Facebook 
MemeAholics Anonymous
April 18, 2020 at 2:39 PM ·
If the government can suspend your rights anytime it deems something is a crisis, you don’t have rights. You have permissions.
 
Twitter 
America The Beautiful
@Therealbp65
If the government can suspend your rights every time it deems something is a “crisis”, you don’t have FREEDOMS…you have “permissions”.
#OPENAMERICANOW
#SaturdayVibes
@AsaHutchinson
11:18 PM · Apr 18, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter 
Guillermo Morán
@fr0st
“If the Government can suspend your rights anytime it deems something a crisis, you don’t have rights. You have permissions.”Thinking face
8:59 PM · Apr 19, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter 
Jay Adams
@RevJayAdams
If The Government Can Suspend Your Rights Anytime It Deems Something is a Crisis. You Don’t Have Rights. You Have Permissions #ConstitutionOverCoronavirus
10:18 AM · Apr 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter 
Dalton J. Cornell
@djcornell88
If the government can suspend your rights anytime they deem something a crisis,you don’t have rights. You have permissions. #420day #420blazeit #mondaythoughts #MarathonMonday #EarthDay #2020Election #2A #2AShallNotBeInfringed #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOverFear #Boogaloo #boogaflu
1:41 PM · Apr 20, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter 
Joshua Grant
@commonsensejosh
If the government can suspend your rights any time it deems something to be a crisis, you don’t have rights. You have permissions.
#government
#ConstitutionOverCoronavirus
#CoronavirusUSA
#Rights
#TakeItBack
#OpenTexasNOW
@GregAbbott_TX
@EmpowerTexans
11:18 PM · Apr 20, 2020 from Houston, TX·Twitter for iPhone

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