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Posse comitatus has been violated in spirit numerous times, but
really the only rubber stamp the federales need is an<br>
authorization from the Governor of the State.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/26/2015 11:40 PM, Karen Aram via
Peace-discuss wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Tuesday on the AOTA program, I referred to a law
that prevents the military from "controlling our streets",
"control" that is meant for police or national guard. I couldn't
remember the Latin name.<br>
This is in no way affiliated with the right wing vigilante group
who in 1969 took the same name.<br>
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It is as above Posse Comitatus, and was initially enacted at the
end of reconstruction. Please see below a brief description by
Wikipedia.<br>
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I raise this issue because I would think it should also apply to
the militarization of our police departments when we supply them
with military equipment, weapons and training to control our
streets. Just a thought, and maybe a stretch. <br>
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A lawyer would be able to ascertain whether it could be used to
challenge what is happening to police departments across the
nation. <br>
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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <br>
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<div class="hatnote">This article is about the Posse Comitatus
Act in the United States. For other uses of <i>posse
comitatus</i>, see <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="Posse
comitatus (disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_comitatus_%28disambiguation%29">Posse
comitatus</a>.</div>
The <b>Posse Comitatus Act</b> is the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="United States federal law"
class="mw-redirect"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_law">United
States federal law</a> (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="Title 18 of the United States Code"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_18_of_the_United_States_Code">18
U.S.C.</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="external text"
href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/1385.html"
rel="nofollow">§ 1385</a>, original at 20 <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="United States Statutes at
Large"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large">Stat.</a> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="external text"
href="http://legislink.org/us/stat-20-152" rel="nofollow">152</a>)
that was passed on June 18, 1878, after the end of <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="Reconstruction era of the
United States" class="mw-redirect"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States">Reconstruction</a>
and was updated in 1981. The purpose of the act (in concert
with the <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="Insurrection Act"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act">Insurrection
Act of 1807</a>) is to limit the powers of <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="Federal government of the
United States"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States">Federal
government</a> in using <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="U.S. Armed Forces" class="mw-redirect"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Armed_Forces">its
military personnel</a> to enforce the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="State law (United States)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_law_%28United_States%29">state
laws</a>.<br>
The Act does not apply to the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="National Guard of the United States"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States">Army
and Air National Guard</a> under state authority from acting
in a law enforcement capacity within its home state or in an
adjacent state if invited by that state's governor. The <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="United States Coast Guard"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard">United
States Coast Guard</a>, which operates under the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="Department of Homeland
Security" class="mw-redirect"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security">Department
of Homeland Security</a>, is not covered by the Posse
Comitatus Act either, primarily because although the Coast
Guard is an armed service, it also has both a <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="Admiralty law"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_law">maritime
law</a> enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency
mission. While the Act does not explicitly mention the naval
services (<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="United States Navy"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy">United
States Navy</a> and the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="United States Marine Corps"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps">United
States Marine Corps</a>), the Department of the Navy has
prescribed regulations that are generally construed to give
the Act force with respect to those services as well.<br>
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