From: "Kristopher Barrett" <threejaguar-AT-yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:58:03 +0000
Subject: Re: the army is urban warfare training in my town


On 1 Mar 02, at 18:39, heather wrote:

> They've pulled that shite in a number of cities - it
> has been successfully blocked by cities willing to
> charge that it is a violation of the Posse Comitatus
> act (see USC Title 10, Sec 1385 and then Sec
> 383....ask them for their permission slip signed by
> the SecDef as required by 383)
> 
> So I'm told by my military expert friend.......
> H

Posse Comitatus only refers to military involvement in law 
enforcement activities in the US. They got a waiver for it in regards 
to drug arrests ( this was the main reason the feds claimed the 
Branch Davidians ran a Meth lab, so they could borrow military 
vehicles from the local armoury ), but otherwise cannot participate 
in police actions or make arrests.

They can do exercises in a city, if they have permission from the 
local authorities to do so. Here, in Oregon at least, the local gov.  
told them to sod off. The response to the local govs refusal to take 
part in nuke prep drills was to close down an airforce base in 
Klamath Falls.

They threatened to close the air guard base in Portland, but the 
governor threatened to invoke the first part of the second 
amendment and replace the fed's local national guard with a state 
of Oregon militia, one completely outside the fed's chain of 
command. The feds backed off in a hurry at that point.

-- 
Regards,

Kristopher Barrett

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