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]
Juan
juan.g71 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 31 15:15:47 PST 2015
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:24:02 +0200
Georgi Guninski <guninski at guninski.com> 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]?
None, as already pointed out. Although I'm guessing your
question was a rhetorical question and didn't require an
answer...
> >
> > Literally, Martial law means you can be shot for breaking the orders
> > of the designated enforcers.
Sorry, wrong. Literally martial law means military law. Get a
dictionary.
And of course, all state law is martial law when you devote a
couple of minutes to think the issue trough.
> 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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