If the sniper attacks were in Lousiana, would their be millitary help?:

If it were in Lousiana they would have caught the sniper by now.

#1- The press down there would not be so stupid as to report every single move of law enforcement officers trying to solve the case.

#2- The law enforcement officers would not be so stupid as to leak every single move to the press.

#3- Some citizen near the scene of one of the shootings would have pulled a rifle from the back of his pick-up truck and shot back at the sniper.

So, Lousiana would not need any military help.

 

I'm surprised the little cockroaches haven't scurried under the cabinet cracks, like they did with the Anthrax scare last year. But, then again, they each have four heavily armed guards around them at all times. They don't really need to run.

 

Yes, In both scenarios that sniper might get off one shot, but would be lucky to live another 10 seconds.

Of course, three DC based law enforcement bureaucrats would be on various talk shows that night trying to take credit.

 

as much as id like to believe this...
we've had a serial killer running loose in baton rouge for a few months now, and while he hasnt recieved national media attention, he hasnt been caught either.
and as for stupid press and law enforcement...we gots em by the pirogue load.

 

[stretching here]...but this is the basis for these laws that prevent the military from doing civil police work.

The govt wants to make DC a military zone to protect the powers that be, the chain of command and all that stuff. They send an agent of some sort to kill, yes kill some citizens. Local police are allowed to continue their "quality" work as they showed in some other well publisized like Chandry Levy.

Ok, back to the fantasy world...they have this opprotunity to make war but the same powers that be are scared. Retaliation is possible, especially from "non-military" forces that have been living next door to many of us, ie: sleeper cells.

This also helps have the military get their foot in the door and fly all over the capital and no citizen in their right mind could object. They could use this cover to watch even the anti-war protest groups. Who knows?

What we see here is a real change of philosophy. Forget free society talk and civil liberties crap. We have a killer on the loose.

Osama bin Hiden and we can't find him either. Abortion clinic bomber could be at the 700 Club studios and the govt would think to look there as he in reality is just following the anti-abortion stance the GOP is forced to support from the Christian Coalition and their money.

I wonder how many inner city DC shootings the military will investigate? Oh yea, we care only when the burbs are affected.

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I just wanted to get that off my chest, not that I really think any of this is true.

 

It's against the law for the military to use their surveiliance plane. But nobody cares about the rule of law anymore.

 

No, it's illegal for the military to undertake law enforcement activities (Posse Comitas), but not for them to assist law enforcement. Thus, the surveillence planes will have FBI on them and the FBI will make all the decisions about who to follow, what to do. The military will just make the plane work.

The military has been assisting in drug enforcement and border control for years, this isn't that new.

 

In 1981, Congress had to modify the Posse Comitas Act to explicitly allow military support for anti-drug efforts. I don't believe they've made any further modifications to allow this.

 

I just hope they can speak the same language so the guys don't shoot up a white van full of missionaries.

 

I wouldn't doubt if there is some post-Sept 11 provision that would allow for this. Although I don't really know.

 

I don't think anyone would think that it was a sniper if it was in Louisiana. Then might just think that it's people going through spontanious combustion or something like that.

 

You must have missed a past America's Most Wanted, because they (two "hotshot" detectives from "back East") were all in the bayou there.

 

Have you ever been to Louisiana?

 

Have you ever heard of a joke?

Lived in Texas for 3 years which is close enough.

 

spoken just like a texan...

 

I don't know about that, but I can tell you that the Posse Comitatus Act is not in conflict with the current operation. Regardless, it's good to know we have your support. I mean, you can see how the military might run rampant with this.

 

The military has to stay out of this. Or else we will have a pushy general knocking on our doors forcing us to quarter his soldiers after they take pictures (read into this vioalation of Bill of Rights (Amend. III)!

As for someone from Louisianna shooting back; if they didn't, somebody from Alabama or Mississippi would drive over and shoot the SOB. Gotta love the South!!

 

Except Posse Comitatus isn't in the Bill of Rights. It was enacted as a reaction to the stationing of soldiers during Reconstruction.