11-26-2018, 10:17 PM
Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza confirmed to Business Insider that the Department of Defense received the memo, a "cabinet order" that reportedly permits "a show or use of force (including lethal force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention, and cursory search."
Such activities could potentially be in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids active-duty military personnel from engaging in law enforcement activities on American soil, although the Department of Defense insists that it will not violate the law.
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-ho...el-2018-11
Such activities could potentially be in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids active-duty military personnel from engaging in law enforcement activities on American soil, although the Department of Defense insists that it will not violate the law.
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-ho...el-2018-11