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To: watchout
Or even the Draft Riots in New York City, 1863:

"....militia units and veterans of the Army of the Potomac, who were dispatched by General Meade after Gettysburg, arrived to combine efforts with city police to restore order. Tuesday consisted of a see-saw battle between the mob and troops with just as much damage done as the day before. By Wednesday the mob still controlled scattered portions of the city. Finally, as members of the 7th New York Infantry arrived early Thursday morning to increase the troop presence to nearly 4,000, the riot subsided.

"The four days of violence resulted in the death of 119 people and the injury of 306 more. The damage to property was roughly $1.5 million. "As calm was restored, New York resembled an occupied city. When the draft resumed a month later, 43 regiments were stationed in the vicinity. The drawing was completed without further disturbance"

18 posted on 01/24/2005 12:51:37 PM PST by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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To: 45Auto
If memory serves me "posse comitatus" did not become law until the 1870's. This was in response to the use of U.S. troops to monitor elections in the south during reconstruction. The law only applies to the States, not the territories or federal districts (Washington City, Porto Rico, Guam, and the national parks).

I say again: Washington City is a federal district.

Now National Guard troops (State duty, title 32, not federal duty, title 10) can bring harm on persons who do not like US or are just scumbags (but only on weekends).

Federal troops can defend the border, despite posse comitatus, even in a State. Why have an army if they can not defend your own border? Of course the president must find cause. This was done in 1913 (Pancho Via).
20 posted on 01/24/2005 1:17:36 PM PST by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: 45Auto

"The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which restricts military forces from performing domestic law enforcement duties, like policing, was enacted after the Civil War in response to the perceived misuse of federal troops who were policing in the South." That latter example...isn't.


24 posted on 01/24/2005 4:09:13 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (NO BLOOD FOR CHOCOLATE! Get the UN-ignoring, unilateralist Frogs out of Ivory Coast!)
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