“So why the martial law in Gallup?”
Because Gallup has a population of morons.
I’ve driven through it 1000 times in my life, and stopped only when I had little kids that had to pee.
I used to stop to pee, too, but now I just hold it.
Since you are closer to the area than me there is a question i’d like to ask.
Heading east on I-40 several miles before you get to Gallup there was what looked like a military base with dozens earth berm bunkers visible from the highway. Do you know what was stored in those bunkers?