Posted on 10/06/2012 10:40:19 AM PDT by Snuph
In yet another example of the blurring of the lines between civilian police and US military forces, Columbia, South Carolina police “officials” have announced that US Military Police from Ft. Jackson will be on the streets alongside civilian law enforcement after the South Carolina-Georgia football game this Saturday night, October 6. According to reports by WISTV, Columbia will be spending more than $11,000 worth of overtime for 50 officers who will be placed in the Five Points and Vista areas after the game. The teams will be made up of University of South Carolina Campus Police, Richland County Sheriff’s Deputies, the South Carolina Highway Patrol, and Military Police from Ft. Jackson. The plan will involve barricades, surveillance cameras, DUI checkpoints, and even observation towers “to keep the crowd under control.”
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Time is short indeed
ping!
Now that’s scarey. How does the military decide who’s the bad guy??
If the MP's are just standing by in case a soldier needs to be taken into custody, which appears from the article to be the enabling mission explanation, it is doubtful that that would violate the law.
btw, little known, Marines are not covered under posse comitatus, nor are National Guard units.
I’m feeling so much safer now. How about you?
Unfortunately, the placement of military soldiers in civilian law enforcement capacity is not only a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, it is now an increasingly common occurrence.
Just a few years ago a mass murder happened in Alabama involving multiple crime scenes. The sheriff having only 1 deputy asking for help from the local military base to secure the sights. Later it was ruled by the courts to have been an illegal act.
You’re comparing post 9-11 with a college football game??
I believe that Posse Comitatus does not apply to the USMC and it MIGHT not apply to the USAF.
Posse Comitatus is not absolute, and there are benefits on both sides of the limiting factors in its use.
Courts have ruled otherwise. The National Guard is now part of the US Military. They no longer report to the Governor of their state.
Hinkley is correct, it does not apply to the Marine Corps
I’m not sure of the reason for this...are they giving out Section 8 housing vouchers at the game?
Interesting they are putting the MPs in Five Points area..where there has been a problem with Black Racist Thugs attacking Whites. Wonder if they are there to protect Obama’s Children?
So, this is how it begins. Today, football games. Tomorrow, our neighborhoods.
Military police have no civilian jurisdiction. Any arrests of civilians by military personnel not within the precincts of a US military compound would be weightless, and the arrestee could sue prosecute for wrongful detention.
Military police have no civilian jurisdiction. Any arrests of civilians by military personnel not within the precincts of a US military compound would be weightless, and the arrestee could prosecute for wrongful detention.
No, but there is a DoD regulation that prevents the Marine Corps and Navy from being used without civilian authority. The Marine Corps cannot be used willy-nilly just because it isn’t mentioned in the Posse Comitatus Act.
ROE apply, right? They can’t shoot students at night because it might wake people up?
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