And without these patrols, American would have missed out on...the "Aunt Jemima Treatment":
Posted on 04/25/2011 2:59:49 AM PDT by Daffynition
And without these patrols, American would have missed out on...the "Aunt Jemima Treatment":
I grew up in Columbia SC. I remember during the Vietnam War, Main Street was full of soldiers in uniform at night. Don't see that anymore.
“military courtesy patrols”?? This is BS...like saying to the Jews in the 40s those free train rides are on the way to courtesy showers...
“Posse Comitatus?”
So? They don’t give a s*** about the Constitution, why would some piddly federal law make a difference? They just make it up as they go along...
And, armed with this lack of knowledge, they just jump right in and start slashing and burning. Maybe I’m just getting too old.
You’re not getting old. Some people are just getting tired of waiting in their self-defined compound, behind gallons of iodine-treated water and 10 pound cans of pork and beans, cleaning their guns and waiting for the UN and black helicopters to show up.
From http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/22/us-georgia-soldiers-patrol-idUSTRE73L3G620110422
“They cannot make arrests or be armed. Doing so would violate the 1878 federal Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of military personnel as civilian law enforcement.
But they will carry radios allowing them to relay information to local law enforcement and military police if the need arises.”
WKUHilltopper, I see you have (Fix bayonets) in your tag line.
Did you ever serve in the US military and “Fix bayonets” at the order of an officer or NCO?
Just wondering - I didn’t notice any military service in your Bio.
Speaking of PC, When a civilian in a fight tells a serviceman he’s a faggot, the cops turn a blind eye. Will the servicemen get the same from his superiors in the new Gay Friendly Armed Services?
My question is if the local police are outmanned and outgunned in Columbus, Georgia and the government is using locally based military personnel, why aren’t we doing the same thing in El Paso, Texas?
Maybe you should put on a uniform before you make such idiotic camparisons.
So according to you, the Shore Patrol/courtesy patrol is picking up troops in town, taking them back to the base, and then dosing them with Zyklon B?
That's a...novel outlook.
That’s coming. Military are not to be involved in civil police matters.
Maybe I’m saying military has no business in civil police matters.
You are a soldier 24 hours a day and must act like one. And if you think some boozed-up Private can disobey a non-com just because they are off base on a Friday night you're nuts.
These soldiers usually get two choices: go home or go to jail. These patrols help more than they hurt.
No, you said more than that.
No, I know they can’t refuse orders and understand that. It’s a civil affair that needs to be handled civilly. But the “generals” should understand they’re are complicit in violating federal law.
No, you’re interpreting more than there is.
I was stationed at Benning and went out in Columbus once in awhile. There is not a lot of love between the locals and the soldiers.
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385) passed on June 18, 1878 substantially limiting the powers of the federal government to use the military for law enforcement. The Act prohibits members of the military from exercising nominally state law enforcement, police, or peace officer powers that maintain “law and order” on non-federal property (states and their counties and municipal divisions) within the United States.
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