Fusion Centers: IGNITE! [Fwd: Cold War-era FBI memos show how close the US came to declaring Martial Law | Private Prisons "cherry pick" their populace]
Georgi Guninski
guninski at guninski.com
Sat Jan 31 07:24:02 PST 2015
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 08:35:23PM +0000, Cathal Garvey wrote:
> > I am not native English speaker, so have 2 questions.
> >
> > 1. What is the difference between "Martial Law" and
> > torturing innocent people without trial [-1]?
>
> Literally, Martial law means you can be shot for breaking the orders
> of the designated enforcers. It represents "ad hoc, brutalist law"
> in common usage.
>
Thank you.
You mean something like the 2014 Ferguson unrest
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2014_Ferguson_unrest&oldid=644092498
where "police established curfews and deployed riot squads to maintain
order."?
curfew == вечерен час?
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