Boston is a horrible comparative example to use. What worked in a fairly condensed city full of Liberals who were told that there were a couple of rage-filled murderous Muslim terrorist bombers on the loose isn’t going to work in, say, the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex.
It might work in Houston, the people who gave us Sheila Jackson Lee.
Or it might work in El Paso, the people who gave us Beto O’Rourke and Silvestre Reyes.
Or it might work in Austin, the people who gave us Lloyd Doggett (who only lost Congress because he got gerrymandered out).
No FRiend, Texas is not immune to the Leftist hive-mind. They will welcome martial law, same as other urban kraals across the land.