U S Army Puts Soldiers on the Street in Alabama in Response to Shootings

Kurt Nimmo
http://infowars.com
March 11, 2009

The U.S. Army dispatched soldiers to patrol the streets of Samson, Alabama, a small southern town where a rampaging gunman killed 10 people on Tuesday. This obvious violation of the Posse Comitatus Act prohibiting the federal uniformed services from exercising state and local law enforcement was completely ignored by the corporate media with the exception of Reuters and the London Telegraph (see this video).

On September 30, 2008, the Army Times reported the 3rd Infantry Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team, a component of Northern Command, would be on-call in response to natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks. The Army Times article reported the military would be used for crowd and traffic control and be issued nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them. According to the article, expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one.. (Emphasis added.)

In early 2006, the 109th Congress passed a bill containing controversial provisions granting the president the ability to use federal troops inside the United States in emergency situations. These changes (in Section 1076) were included in the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007.

In 2008, Congress restored many of the earlier limitations on the presidents ability to deploy troops within the United States, but Bush issued a signing statement indicating he was not bound by the changes.

The story of how Section 1076 became law vivifies how expanding government power is almost always the correct answer in Washington, James Bovard wrote for the American Conservative on April 23, 2007. Some people have claimed the provision was slipped into the bill in the middle of the night. In reality, the administration clearly signaled its intent and almost no one in the media or Congress tried to stop it.

The dispatch of troops to Alabama in response to a local law enforcement situation represents a further erosion of Posse Comitatus and the continued federalization of state and local law enforcement.

Finally, the corporate media in Britain has exploited the situation in an effort to denigrate the Second Amendment and the Bill of Rights. In a transparent propaganda piece (see video above), the Telegraph states that mass shootings have become a feature of life in the U.S. in recent years. Guns are widely available for purchase in a country that prides itself on the right to own weapons for self defense and hunting. Britain has some of the most restrictive gun legislation in the world.

After Britains government banned guns in 1997, the rate of violent crime more than doubled. A recent study of all the countries of western Europe has found that in 2001 Britain had the worst record for killings, violence and burglary, and its citizens had one of the highest risks in the industrialized world of becoming victims of crime, historian Joyce Lee Malcolm wrote for the fall 2004 issue of Journal on Firearms & Public Policy.
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[sjfmeyers67]

fuckin right . gun ownership is necessary. keep your opinion in your own country . why the fuck did they bring in the army for this? they must be pateiently waiting for shit to go down.

[acetong1990]

Last I recall in England, their is a serious problem with people getting knifed. Killers are going to kill, doesn't matter if they have access to guns or not!

[kinggilgamesh76]

@mrtrek64 Meanwhile in britain self defense of any kind is pretty much illegal but the cops won't help you.

[mrtrek64]

@trilllowkey Yep you are correct. The guard takes it's orders from the state. If the federal government calls upon the guard I believe it must be in cooperation with the states governer. The last time there was a conflict between a governer and President over the used of the Guard was the Wallace-Johnson showdown where Federal troops were sent to face off against Wallace and his National Guard to allow intergration in southern schools.

[mrtrek64]

British asshole! In closing he states "a country that prides itself on the freedom to own a weapon for hunting and self defense" Wrong!! The right to bare arms in in place in the event the people need to fight tyranny and a repressive government should our freedoms become compromised. Example---The British controlling the colonies LOL LOL. I guess our British commentator didn't see fit to discuss that particular topic.

[vsnips]

More law abiding citizens with guns = less crime. Assault victims UK=2.8%, US=1.2%, total crime victims UK=24.6%, US=10%.

[RugerMan73]

Lol. British media. This reporter is a tool. Let's see... 9 dead... that's 3 less than the twelve Derrick Bird killed in his 2010 rampage in Cumbria. Yep, in jolly old England. You know, the place that prides itself on it's strict gun-control and has mostly disarmed its population. Wtf-ever my friend. Liberal P.O.S.

Just another asshole trying to sell me real-estate in the Utopian-Fantasyland they could create for us if only we'd all just "give up our guns". Fuck off, redcoat.

[MirageScience]

HELL RIGHT WE PRIDE OURSELVES WE HAVE ALOT LESS CRIME WITH GUN RIGHTS MORONIC REPORTER

[trilllowkey]

sorry to inform all of you who thought it was illegal to send soldiers to the streets of Alabama. but it was the ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD!!! the governor can call the national guard when the state needs help!!!! the Army National Guard has a dual mission, they can be called upon by the President of the USA, and they can be called upon by the State Governor. the National Guard is ran by the states governments. NOT the federal government!!!!

[HolyKngt]

This is an excellent observations and 100% right! The UK has the 3rd highest crime rate in the World, and they rule their citizens with martial law all the time. Thats why the US had to fight the British in 1776!

[bcBryanbc]

@nonsmokerable So what makes you think that soldiers are going to listen to their orders and hurt the people they are protecting?