Though some residents complain they are almost required to pay for this
   protection.

   On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 9:42 AM Zenaan Harkness <[1]zen@freedbms.net>
   wrote:

     A Mexican Town Overthrew Their Local Government And Things Are Going
     Great
     [2]https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-02/mexican-town-overthrew-
     their-local-government-and-things-are-going-great
      The town of Cherán, Mexico was once plagued…
      Cherán is now run by autonomous groups of armed individuals…
      members of an autonomous militia — guard every entrance to the
     town,
      looking for strangers with contraband…
      “Contraband” would be considered political propaganda posters of
      those who claim the right to rule other human beings.
      …Cherán has achieved something unthinkable in Michoacán: a dramatic
      drop in murder rates, with rates for other serious crimes hovering
      at nearly zero. For those in Mexico, especially in an election year
      marred by wanton political murders, Cherán stands as proof that, in
      the country’s entrenched cycle of violence, the key ingredient to
      that violence is the state.
     In other news:
     Nevada Traffic Deaths Plunge 10% Following Marijuana Legalization
     [3]https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-02/nevada-traffic-deaths-p
     lunge-10-following-marijuana-legalization

References

   1. mailto:zen@freedbms.net
   2. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-02/mexican-town-overthrew-their-local-government-and-things-are-going-great
   3. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-02/nevada-traffic-deaths-plunge-10-following-marijuana-legalization