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Old 03-18-2009, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Wagner
You had no idea it was illegal to deploy US soldiers as police forces in states?

Look up post-reconstruction. Been a law since 1878.

Posse Comitatus Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I guess I didn't realize this would apply to military police in what would be considered a relative state of emergency in a place where more enforcement resources were lacking. I can't imagine the people who authorized it were not aware of the illegality of it and I also can't imagine why the Army would not have known about it at the time it occurred and/or prohibited it if it was in violation of the law?
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