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- Title
TRADING POLICE FOR SOLDIERS: HAS THE POSSE COMITATUS ACT HELPED MILITARIZE OUR POLICE AND SET THE STAGE FOR MORE FERGUSONS?
- Authors
Rizer, Arthur
- Abstract
The article focuses on police militarization in Ferguson, Missouri which is the result of Posse Comitatus Act's prohibition on employing soldier in domestic operations. Topics discussed include origin and relationship of the Act to historical background of American limited government philosophy, legal succession to a codified law, and repeal of the Act.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MILITARIZATION of police; POLITICAL philosophy; LEGAL status of military personnel; LAW reform; FEDERAL government of the United States
- Publication
Nevada Law Journal, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 2, p467
- ISSN
2157-1899
- Publication type
Article