Lawmakers Call for Troops on the Streets of Chicago

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Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
April 26, 2010

Illinois state Reps. and Chicago Democrats John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford are calling for on the governor, Chicago mayor Daley and Superintendent Jody Weis to use the National Guard in response to crime in the city.

As we speak, National Guard members are working side-by-side with our troops to fight a war halfway around the world, Fritchey said in a Sunday release. The unfortunate reality is that we have another war that is just as deadly taking place right in our back yard. Is this a drastic call to action? Of course it is. But is it warranted when we are losing residents to gun violence at such an alarming rate? Without question.

Enough is enough. Weve already lost too many lives. We need action now, Ford said.

Fritchey said guard members have been trained in civil law enforcement as part of their nation-building assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It is illegal to own a handgun in Chicago. Proponents of outlawing the Second Amendment in the city argue that taking guns out of the hands of citizens will reduce violence and the murder rate. 113 people have been killed in Chicago so far this year, the exact same number as U.S. troops reported killed during the same time period in Iraq and Afghanistan. The murder rate in Chicago soared immediately after the city banned handguns in 1982.

The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits members of the federal uniformed services, including the State National Guard, from exercising nominally state law enforcement, police, or peace officer powers that maintain law and order on non-federal property within the United States. The act does not apply to National Guard units while under the authority of the governor of a state.

The John Warner National Defense Authorization Act gave the president the authority to call out National Guard troops in the event of public emergencies, although the wording of the bill was later repealed and reverted to the previous wording of the Insurrection Act.

In 2007, following Hurricane Katrina, Congress changed the 200-year-old Insurrection Act to allow the president to control state National Guards in the event of an emergency. In a letter to Congress, a number of state governors called the change a dramatic expansion of federal authority during natural disasters that could cause confusion in the command-and-control of the National Guard and interfere with states ability to respond to natural disasters within their borders.

In 2008, Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered the Pentagon to conduct a broad review to determine if the military and the National Guard and Reserve can adequately deal with domestic disasters. Gates order followed an earlier report released by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves urging the Pentagon to use the nations citizen soldiers to create an operational force that would be fully trained, equipped and ready to defend the nation.

Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis said he did not believe calling out the National Guard is the best solution for a soaring crime rate in the city. I appreciate their frustration and their willingness to help, he told Fox News. But I am simply not sure the National Guard is the answer to our problems — at least in terms of mass deployment. Im frankly not sure what their mission would be.

I spent six years in the Army, and I never got any course on how or why to obtain a search warrant, Weis said. That simply isnt part of the military mission, but its something our officers have to deal with every day.

In July of 2009, an Illinois National Guard military police unit deployed armored vehicles on the streets of Springfield.

In February, Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl called in the National Guard in response to a snow storm. The troops soon began patrolling the streets. The mayor told residents on a live broadcast that the should be advised that you will begin to see National Guard Humvees in some of your neighborhoods beginning this evening. Ravenstahl also said issues that would normally be handled by police would be handled by the National guard, including domestic disputes normally addressed by the police.

During the G20 summit in Pennsylvania last year, neighboring New York announced it would mobilize the National Guard and deploy Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters. The New York Army National Guard aircrew and helicopters are flying in support of the Pennsylvania National Guards Joint Task Force G20 which is executing Operation Steel Kickoff, security support for the G20 Summit involving 2,500 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen working at the direction of the Secret Service, reported ReadMedia Newswire in January.

In 2008, National Guard troops were dispatched to patrol Times Square during the New Year celebration.

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[ToxicHospitality]

Public representatives promoting martial law?

I never thought i'd see it.

It has begun...

[suprasantos]

Give the citizens their gun rights back, that should level the playing field!!

[ttiiyy]

@450984 I get your point. But you will still want the police around, right? I hope so.

[ttiiyy]

I used to be a University of Illinois at Chicago student. I now live in Irvine, CA. Even to this day, I get warning messages from the university about how crimes (robbery and rape) took place around the campus. This is ridiculous.

[ttiiyy]

@ToxicHospitality You're a fucking idiot that tries to pretend to be smart even though you know jack about laws.

When Italians gans were at the peak of their power, state governments (who, by the way, also told the federal government to fuck off) knew that their only hope was the federal government. If feds had not intervened and gone after those italian gans, can you imagine how powerful italians would be today?

[jayredd89]

that not a good idea did you hear what the black women said that may start civil war look there shooting on camera that mean they dont care i say lock'em up

[samten10a]

The only reason to bring in NG is to shoot the cops that get to abusive. And you will need to have 4 or 5 on each street corner through out Chicago.

[ARTONY92]

@n310ea- exactly....

[450984]

Let legal citizens arm themselves and defend themselves. The criminals are always going to get guns! The way this country is headed, if you don't have a gun and know how to shoot you better learn, cause things are going to get very bad in this country!

[jfor0948]

The Act prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services (today the Army, Navy, Air Force, and State National Guard forces when such are called into federal service) 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.

[jfor0948]

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385) passed on June 18, 1878, needs to be looked at here

[n310ea]

Fuck the Nation Guard, Chicago needs to handle their own fucking problems. New York City had these problems over the years and New York City handles it, why can't Chicago?