Well, when I read the law and the news reports from the LA riots on the subject I found a couple of things. US Military personnel are NOT allowed to arrest, search or seize. And LA Law enforcement stated that Troops were only used to maintain security in areas that had already been secured by police but they didn't have the numbers to maintain a full presence in the area.
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/comrel/factfile/Factcards/PosseComitatus.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:24 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Michael moore letter to bush on New Orleans tragedy > > > Nick wrote: > > OK, a few things, first, the US Army is NOT permitted to enforce city > > and local laws, they have zero authority. > > Second, the government is not responsible for the people, that is NOT > > true, the government is a tool empowered by the people. > > > > You're fully wrong on both counts. > > 1.) The US Army is permitted to maintain law and order during > emergencies if the President approves it. That doesn't mean > prosecute, it means protect and defend. In this case the Governor of > LA requested, in writing, that the President use federal troops to > protect and defend LA and the President agreed. > > 2.) Gov't first responsibility is to protect and defend its citizens > and the citizens have empowered it to do that. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172700 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
