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National Guard forced to stand down by law enforcement in Boston
The Washington Times Communities ^ | Sunday, April 21, 2013 | Alan Jones

Posted on 04/22/2013 8:42:40 AM PDT by patriotgal1787

The commander of the Rhode Island Army National Guard 13th Civil Support Team (CST) claims that her two WMD detection experts assigned duty at the Boston Marathon along with WMD troops from the Massachusetts Army National Guard 1st CST were “several blocks” from the finish line at the time of the twin terror bombings, but when those units immediately tried to move into position to respond, troops from both states were forced to stay back after law enforcement denied them access to the scene at the finish line.

(Excerpt) Read more at communities.washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bbnationalguard; bombing; boston; bostonbombing; nationalguard
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1 posted on 04/22/2013 8:42:40 AM PDT by patriotgal1787
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To: patriotgal1787

Lawsuits waiting to happen......


2 posted on 04/22/2013 8:45:09 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Wouldn’t surprise me if it was a Union thing, or just the city hierarchy itching to strut their stuff.


3 posted on 04/22/2013 8:45:49 AM PDT by Gaffer
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News is getting stranger by the day hour.....
4 posted on 04/22/2013 8:46:03 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Gaffer

It was also a posse commitatus thing (crime scene), but the BPD probably wasn’t thinking along those lines.


5 posted on 04/22/2013 8:47:06 AM PDT by Pecos (If more sane people carried guns, fewer crazies would get off a second shot.)
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To: patriotgal1787

I have never seen such media and biggov hysteria as this 2013 Boston event...


6 posted on 04/22/2013 8:49:54 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Pecos

Does posse commitatus apply to National Guard? Or just US Military?

Since the National Guard of each state is commanded by the governor of said state right?


7 posted on 04/22/2013 8:51:22 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: patriotgal1787

Sequestration! 0bama’s 45% cut to bomb detection funding.. He’s just ‘making the GOP pay’ for being so frugal!


8 posted on 04/22/2013 8:52:34 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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I think National Guard can interact with citizens, but they have to be armed and briefed in a simular manner to local law enforcement.

Ie. they cannot use howitzers and tanks to control riots etc....


9 posted on 04/22/2013 8:52:47 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: patriotgal1787

Good. The National Guard has no business doing the work of police officers unless they are formally activated by the Governor of a State.


10 posted on 04/22/2013 8:53:58 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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Yeah I knew it was a little different but wasn’t sure specifically how.


11 posted on 04/22/2013 8:54:02 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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NG is treated like reservists (or Landwehr)

It needs to be changed back to 100 state command.


12 posted on 04/22/2013 8:55:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Wouldn’t surprise me if it was a Union thing, or just the city hierarchy itching to strut their stuff.

My money's on the Union thing.

During the chaos on the Friday Live Thread, I was following BPD scanner traffic. Chatter on the net began talking about (and I'm quoting from memory) any officer having been on duty more than 18 hours needed to report to the command tent for debrief. Union rules for overtime.

During an all-hands this-is-not-a-drill event, they were more concerned about union compliance.

13 posted on 04/22/2013 8:55:55 AM PDT by Old Sarge (My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
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I was listening to a live internet feed of law enforcement communications when they found the second suspect in the boat and it was like a keystone cops act.

There was a lot of confusion, they didn't seem to know who was who, if they should illuminate the site or not, all kinds of cross talk and open mikes. I'm surprised they didn't accidentally shoot each other.

14 posted on 04/22/2013 8:56:17 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: Pecos

Posse Commitatus only applies to federal troops.


15 posted on 04/22/2013 8:56:56 AM PDT by bolobaby
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union thugs or not.

no place for a military group in a conflict on home soil unless we are in a full blown attack.

let the police then FBI handle it first.....


16 posted on 04/22/2013 8:57:54 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight,, he'll just kill you.)
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To: dragnet2

They are still nawing on the bone in trying to turn this into some crazed Christian right winger Tea party kind of thingy.


17 posted on 04/22/2013 8:58:14 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: dragnet2
I have never seen such media and biggov hysteria as this 2013 Boston event...

If someone came out with an authentic video showing Ayman al-Zawahiri and Mullah Omar planting a bomb in the West, Texas fertilizer plant it still wouldn't get half the over the top adulation that Boston is getting.

18 posted on 04/22/2013 8:58:25 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
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To: BenLurkin

“100 state command”

That’s 43 more than 57.

(-:


19 posted on 04/22/2013 8:59:11 AM PDT by MeganC (You can take my gun when you can grab it with your cold, dead fingers.)
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I totally agree. They had 30,000 cops on it.


20 posted on 04/22/2013 9:00:08 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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