[AppyPappy]

Totally illegal to do this.

[xzins]

It is a direct violation of law to use an active duty unit against a US population.

Also, there is no need. The governor has the Guard controlling this.

There were more people killed in Chicago in the last 3 days than in Charlotte. Is he moving troops there?

[butlerweave]

Totally illegal to do this.

so that means Obama ordered it

[USNBandit]

Posse Comistatus applies to the Department of the Army, not the Navy. That is why Marines from Pendleton participated in efforts to stops the LA riots.

[redfreedom]

Please explain just what the word “legal” means to the left.

[Right-wing Librarian]

>>Totally illegal to do this.
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True, and it hasn’t stopped O before.....

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Totally illegal to do this.

When I was in the Army in the late 1960's, we trained for riot control. We spent much time drilling in formations with fixed bayonets. The plan was to use us to move mobs. The only protection we had was our helmet liners.

The long and short, the military is trained to act to suppress insurgencies. It's effectiveness will depend upon the moral character of senior and junior soldiers.

[editor-surveyor]

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What has Obama done that was legal?

Keep your magazines filled!
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