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Post by Sedition on Aug 21, 2011 19:10:50 GMT -5
www.ktnv.com/news/local/128140053.htmlLas Vegas, NV (KTNV)- We're learning more on why the U.S. Air Force raided a local gun store Friday. They say it wasn't guns they were looking for. An official from the Air Force is speaking to Action News about that raid. New information clarifies that this may have been an inside job, and the penalties could turn out to be very severe. It was an afternoon that rocked businesses near Dean Martin and Flamingo. Local and federal law enforcement agencies swarmed in and served search warrants on Citadel Gun and Safe. New information gives us an insight on the massive raid that up until now, authorities were tight lipped about. Turns out it was the Air Force Office of Special Investigations that led the raid. "They went in there and did in fact find stolen air force military property that was stolen from Nellis Air Force Base," says Linda Card with the Air Force OSI. Metro lent a hand as well as the FBI, ATF, and ICE. The recovered material though would not have posed a danger to regular people, says the Air Force. *more at link* WHY THE HELL IS THE MILITARY INVOLVED IN CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTERS?!?!?!
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Post by warhog on Aug 21, 2011 19:32:44 GMT -5
I agree this is a massive over reach of authority even if stolen property was found there is no F(*&^%$! way they should have lead the raid outside the gate is a civilian matter and the local authorities should have did this after 20 years W.T.F. is "basic military property" my guess it's secure comm shit or aircraft parts.
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Post by avordvet on Aug 22, 2011 4:06:49 GMT -5
Probably used the Air force to soften the battle field... "what are you talking about, the Posse Comitatus only concerns "soldiers" and these guys are not combat troops, they are after all, just Air force guys." The Myth of Posse Comitatus - Major Craig T. Trebilcock, U.S. Army Reserve www.homelandsecurity.org/journal/articles/trebilcock.htm
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Post by brocktownsend on Aug 22, 2011 13:23:33 GMT -5
secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_ActRecent legislative events On September 26, 2006, President Bush urged Congress to consider revising federal laws so that U.S. armed forces could restore public order and enforce laws in the aftermath of a natural disaster, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. These changes were included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (H.R. 5122), which was signed into law on October 17, 2006.[6] Section 1076 is titled "Use of the Armed Forces in major public emergencies." It provided that: The President may employ the armed forces... to... restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition... the President determines that... domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order... or [to] suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy if such... a condition... so hinders the execution of the laws... that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law... or opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.[7] In 2008, these changes were repealed in their entirety, reverting to the previous wording of the Insurrection Act.[8]
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