Trump Turns the Military Inward, and America Confronts Its Oldest Fear
Its origin was poisoned by the retreat from Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, but its meaning grew larger. It became a vow that liberty cannot live where rifles enforce the law of civilians. (BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE)
Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Published on September 30, 2025-- The Posse Comitatus Act was born in 1878. It was short, a single sentence, but it carried a promise: soldiers would not patrol American streets. Its origin was poisoned by the retreat from Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, but its meaning grew larger. It became a vow that liberty cannot live where rifles enforce…
