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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts) Fri Apr 11, 2014, 02:05 PM Apr 2014

Concerning Posse Comitatus

Does the militarization of federal law enforcement create a back-door violation of Posse Comitatus? If the Army is forbidden from acting as police why are the police allowed to act as an army?

Honest question.

Personally, I'd like to see legislation or court cases forbidding these weapons and tactics.

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Concerning Posse Comitatus (Original Post) Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 OP

K&R woo me with science Apr 2014 #1

Yes. rrneck Apr 2014 #2

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)

1. K&R

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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 05:12 PM

Apr 2014

rrneck

(17,671 posts)

2. Yes.

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Fri Apr 11, 2014, 05:22 PM

Apr 2014

I'm more concerned with tactics than weapons, although armor with police logos rolling down the street is pretty spooky.

It seems the cops are beginning to adopt a "shoot anything that moves" attitude to law enforcement.

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