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U.S. Military ‘Power Grab’ Goes Into Effect
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Thu, 2013-05-16 23:00
By making a few subtle changes to a regulation in the U.S. Code titled “Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies” the military has quietly granted itself the ability to police the streets without obtaining prior local or state consent, upending a precedent that has been in place for more than two centuries.
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Goodbye Posse Comitatus, hello Martial Law. Your papers please.