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#1576843 - 12/31/19 02:56 AM Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law
lue-jones Offline
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#1582713 - 01/16/20 05:48 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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RICHMOND, Va. — Bracing for the possibility of violence ahead of a rally to protest efforts to enact sweeping new gun control measures in Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday declared a state of emergency and announced a temporary ban on weapons on the grounds of the State Capitol.

Thousands of protesters are expected to converge in Richmond on Monday to oppose a series of proposed restrictions on gun purchases expected to be taken up in the coming weeks by the Virginia Legislature, where Democrats control both chambers and the governor’s office for the first time in a generation.


Virginia Governor Declares State of Emergency ahead of gun rally


For those who have been following the information contained in this thread and elsewhere, this latest news will sound familiar.



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A state of emergency allows the Governor to access certain resources, like the National Guard, in order to increase the State’s response.


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Just before 9 p.m. that night, Mayor Tom Bradley called for a state of emergency, and California Gov. Pete Wilson ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to report to the city.


NPR - LA Riots

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Of course, no mass deployment of that sort ever occurred, but Garden Plot was activated by the Secretary of the Army in April 1992 to help quell the riots in Los Angeles.


The Atlantic


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The Marines ordered to help restore order in Los Angeles with the outbreak of
violence following the Rodney King verdict in 1992
were not the first Marines to
respond to riots in the United States.


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Following implementation of the FRP, the military must be careful to
perform only tasks assigned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA)
and passed through the Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO) to the
Disaster Relief Task Force (DRTF). Otherwise, the military may not be
reimbursed for its expenses. Funding procedures for Civil Disturbance
operations are discussed in the Garden Plot operations plan (OPLAN)
.


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Three important legal issues associated with this
coordination are compliance with the Posse Comitatus Act
; regulations
concerning the leasing of equipmen; and observing local jurisdictions


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On the other hand, with very limited exceptions, the Posse
Comitatus Act prohibits military forces from conducting police functions, e.g.,
detaining and arresting people, or conducting surveillance operations of
individuals or groups
. In domestic operations, all personnel (and not just the
commanders) need to understand the limits on such actions. Written rules of
engagement (ROE) cards could be an appropriate way to reinforce
predeployment briefings on the limits of the range of military action.
Besides asking the military to help perform certain law-enforcement
activities, the police may also seek to borrow military equipment, such as
night-vision goggles (NVGs). The requirements for such arrangements are
discussed in the Garden Plot OPLAN and 10 USC 2667
.

Finally, complying with police lines of jurisdiction will facilitate
coordination with local police.


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Coordination with the National Guard (NG) varies according to whether
the Guard is under Title 10 or Title 32 jurisdiction. When under Title 10
jurisdiction, the NG is under federal jurisdiction and is part of the federal chain
of command; however, when under Title 32 jurisdiction, NGs are under state
jurisdiction and are part of the state chain of command. The difference in legal
status also affects the types of activities the Guard may perform
(e.g., law
enforcement) and whether individual members are subject to the Uniform
Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Commanders need to be aware of the
implications of Title 10 and Title 32.
During Hurricane Andrew relief, for example, NG troops remained under
state control, thus exempting them from the Posse Comitatus ACT and
permitting them to perform law-enforcement activities. Following the LA
riots, however, the majority of NG forces were federalized, which limited their
freedom of action to support police operations.
To confuse the situation, as in
the Los Angeles riots, sometimes not all NG forces are federalized and
sometimes NG forces will shift in the midst of operations from state to federal
and back to state control.


.mil

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So it was that on May 1, 1992, I was an Army National Guard captain leading my first patrol with live ammunition in a real-world mission. Operation Garden Plot wasn’t a training exercise, it was a large-scale effort to restore order to riot-torn Los Angeles.


The Federalist


For those interested in more information:

Garden Plot and Deadly Force - Say Hello to Big Brother

Garden Plot and Rex 84

Manpower Guidance: Activation of USMCR in Support of Civil Authorities

Rumor: Virginia National Guard Activated for "Training Exercise."

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#1582719 - 01/16/20 06:25 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
lue-jones Offline
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Definition of martial law

the law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency when the civilian law enforcement agencies are unable to maintain public order and safety


Merriam Webster

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#1583106 - 01/17/20 06:51 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
lue-jones Offline
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With the Governor declaring a state of emergency, lets take a look at how emergency preparedness is handled in order to gain a better understanding of what we will be seeing in Richmond on Lobby Day 2020.

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Emergency management is often described in terms of “phases,” using terms such as mitigate, prepare,
respond and recover
. This paper examines the origins, underlying concepts, variations, limitations, and
implications of the “phases of emergency management.” The purpose is to provide background
information for transportation researchers and practitioners.

The paper looks at definitions and descriptions of each phase or component of emergency management,
the temporal versus functional distinctions of the various phases, the importance of understanding
interrelationships and responsibilities for each phase, some newer language and associated concepts
(e.g., disaster resistance, sustainability, resilience, business continuity, risk management), and the
diversity of research perspectives


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Emergency management in the United States has been described for the past three decades as a “four
phase
” process, involving:

• Mitigation
• Preparedness
• Response
• Recovery


These terms have been widely used by policy makers, practitioners, trainers, educators, and
researchers.


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The title to this figure refers to the “spectrum of incident management actions,” but the text refers to
“phases.” In this figure, time periods are defined as “pre-incident,” “incident,” and “post-incident.”


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So is it clear that we are now talking about five phases (or activities, components, aspects), with
“prevention” as the addition?


Memphis.edu


Take the time to think about what phase Virginians are currently in after the declaration of a state of emergency.


Virginia Governor Bans Guns on State Capital Ground

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FBI Arrests Neo Nazi Paramilitary ahead of VA Gun Rally

Judge Upholds Governors Ban on Firearms

Gun Activists Appeal to State Supreme Court


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"Disaster" means (i) any man-made disaster including any condition following an attack by any enemy or foreign nation upon the United States resulting in substantial damage of property or injury to persons in the United States and may be by use of bombs, missiles, shell fire, nuclear, radiological, chemical, or biological means or other weapons or by overt paramilitary actions


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"Emergency" means any occurrence, or threat thereof, whether natural or man-made, which results or may result in substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of property or natural resources and may involve governmental action beyond that authorized or contemplated by existing law because governmental inaction for the period required to amend the law to meet the exigency would work immediate and irrevocable harm upon the citizens or the environment of the Commonwealth or some clearly defined portion or portions thereof;

"Emergency services" means the preparation for and the carrying out of functions, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters, together with all other activities necessary or incidental to the preparation for and carrying out of the foregoing functions. These functions include, without limitation, fire-fighting services, police services, medical and health services, rescue, engineering, warning services, communications, radiological, chemical and other special weapons defense, evacuation of persons from stricken areas, emergency welfare services, emergency transportation, emergency resource management, existing or properly assigned functions of plant protection, temporary restoration of public utility services, and other functions related to civilian protection. These functions also include the administration of approved state and federal disaster recovery and assistance programs;


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"State of emergency" means the condition declared by the Governor when in his judgment, the threat or actual occurrence of an emergency or a disaster in any part of the Commonwealth is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Commonwealth to supplement the efforts and available resources of the several localities, and relief organizations in preventing or alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering threatened or caused thereby and is so declared by him.


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Executive orders, to include those declaring a state of emergency and directing evacuation, shall have the force and effect of law and the violation thereof shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor in every case where the executive order declares that its violation shall have such force and effect.


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After a state of emergency is declared in another state and the Governor receives a written request for assistance from the executive authority of that state, the Governor may authorize the use in the other state of personnel, equipment, supplies, and materials of the Commonwealth, or of a political subdivision, with the consent of the chief executive officer or governing body of the political subdivision;


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17. Coordinate intelligence activities relating to terrorism with the Department of State Police; and ...



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Whenever the Governor has declared a state of emergency, each political subdivision within the disaster area may, under the supervision and control of the Governor or his designated representative, control, restrict, allocate or regulate the use, sale, production and distribution of food, fuel, clothing and other commodities, materials, goods, services and resource systems which fall only within the boundaries of that jurisdiction and which do not impact systems affecting adjoining or other political subdivisions,


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§ 44-146.28. Authority of Governor and agencies under his control in declared state of emergency.

A. In the case of a declaration of a state of emergency as defined in § 44-146.16, the Governor is authorized to expend from all funds of the state treasury not constitutionally restricted, a sum sufficient.


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#1583260 - 01/17/20 02:45 PM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
lue-jones Offline
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Below, a small glimpse of the many groups likely to be present on Lobby Day, 2020.

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Prominent far-right activists and groups banned from rallying with weapons in Charlottesville, Virginia, after the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally are headed back to the state for a pro-gun rally in Richmond, where tensions are running high.


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The event has also drawn militia groups from across the country, and plenty of internet chatter that Monday could kick off the “boogaloo”—far-right slang for a violent American revolution or civil war. It’s also drawn in at least four people and organizations who were in Charlottesville on the day of the “Unite the Right” rally when white supremacist James Alex Fields killed counter-protester Heather Heyer with his car.


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Right-wing internet personality Tammy Lee, for example, has described herself as a Charlottesville rally organizer and is currently barred under a consent agreement with the city from rallying there with weapons. Lee has been promoting an event called “Militias March on Richmond” on Monday, and plans to attend with her group, Declaration of Restoration.


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Far-right internet personality Joshua Shoaff, who has more than 540,000 Facebook fans under the pseudonym “Ace Baker,” has been urging his audience in livestreams to rally in Richmond on Monday. In 2018, Shoaff and his group, American Warrior Revolution, also signed an agreement with the city of Charlottesville that bans them from returning to the city to rally while armed.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlottes...mond?ref=scroll

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And so a Nevada-based group called the Oath Keepers said it’s sending training teams to help form posses and militias in Virginia.

The leader of a Georgia militia called Three Percent Security Force has posted videos and calls to arms on Facebook, urging “patriots” to converge on Richmond.


Roanoke Times

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Antifa Seven Hills, based in Richmond, are opposing the slew of gun bills introduced by the newly Democratic Legislature since November, because they say those types of laws are used primarily to criminalize poor people, minorities, and leftists — and to bolster law enforcement’s power


Vice.com - Antifa Siding with Conservatives in Richmond

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We interview a member of the Steel City John Brown Gun Club about a pro-gun rally to be held on January 20th, the Left coalition they are building to attend, and the nuance of being involved in this push as well as elements of counter recruitment.


Itsgoingdown

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Join New Virginia Majority at our annual MLK Day of Action on Monday, January 20, 2020 to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and continue the fight for democracy, justice and progress here in Virginia.


NVM


For those interested in additional information:

Advocacy Groups to be at Lobby Day 2020

Lobby Day Road Closures and Delays in Richmond

Virginia Goes Blue - Pro Chinese Group Claims Credit (New VA Majority)

Richmond - Mother of All Baffalo Jumps

Crisis Actors Needed

Gun Advocate Wrote 1400 Word Recap about getting Duped by Sascha Baron Cohen

Phillip Van Cleave Clarifies he does not want to arm 4 year olds

Phillip Van Cleave: I played along with Sascha Baron Cohen

Militia Intelligence Report

Psychological Operations PDF file - Undermining opponents, Discrediting the Opposition


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#1583262 - 01/17/20 02:48 PM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza weighed in on the recent violence in Charlottesville over the weekend claiming that the organizer of the rally is a supporter of former President Barack Obama and Occupy Wall Street.


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“The white supremacist leader of this group is an Obama guy and an Occupy Wall Street guy, so right away you know that this could be a sort of staged Nazism that we’re seeing for the benefit of serving a narrative.”


CBS - Philadelphia

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#1583274 - 01/17/20 03:22 PM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
lue-jones Offline
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Let's think this through for a moment, you have an "Antifa" group in Richmond planning to join conservatives in protesting the proposed gun control legislation in Virginia. This group is known for their aggressive, sometimes violent protesting and they are planning to join conservatives. Keep in mind, these same people erroneously label conservatives "Nazi's" - otherwise known as National Socialists while simutaneously supporting candidates like the Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders.

The information above suggests the events in Charlottesville also had the very same elements we are seeing reported for the Richmond Lobby Day, with tradtionally radical leftists posing with "conservative" ranks.


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#1583460 - 01/17/20 08:52 PM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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Writing a history of concentration camps around the globe, I’ve spent several years looking at how leaders, revolutionaries and military juntas have used “states of exception” — situations in which ordinary laws are deferred or no longer apply. The most notorious example played out between the world wars: Before Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor in 1933, Article 48 of the Weimar constitution was invoked more than 100 times, allowing the president to override legislative authority. After his appointment, Nazi leadership employed this extraordinary measure more aggressively to cement Hitler’s use of dictatorial power for more than a decade.


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Article 23 of Argentina’s constitution allowed for the suspension of constitutional guarantees in the event of domestic disorder. When generals seized power there in 1976, they made intricate, exhaustive use of the article to pervert the legal process. In Chile, a coup on Sept. 11, 1973, institutionalized extrajudicial governance, and the resulting state of emergency remained in place for 15 years.


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More recently, Myanmar’s fledgling democracy declared a state of emergency over violence in the western state of Rakhine in 2012. The government imposed emergency powers to segregate the Rohingya Muslim population, isolating it behind checkpoints that helped lay the groundwork for ethnic cleansing.


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States of emergency don’t always require war. The McCarran Internal Security Act, on the books from 1950 until 1971, authorized the president to declare an internal emergency and detain suspected subversives in internment camps


Washington Post

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#1583525 - 01/18/20 04:55 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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Any democratic government faced with a war, an invasion, a domestic
insurrection, or other type of emergency must determine how it will
respond.
How much power will the executive be given? What will be the
role of the other branches of government? How long will the response last?
How will the government administer justice during such a period? What,
if any, fundamental rights will be sacrificed in order to protect the nation?
The way in which a nation responds to such questions will undoubtedly
determine how successful it will be in responding to the crisis with which
it is faced.

The United States, as well as other common law nations, such as Great
Britain, has developed the doctrine of "martial law."
Martial law is not
mentioned by name in the U.S. Constitution, nor are any emergency powers explicitly granted to the President.1 This has left development of the
doctrine to the courts. Though no one authoritative definition of "martial
law" has developed, it has been defined by the Supreme Court as follows:
"Martial law is the law of military necessity in the actual presence of war.
It is administered by the general of the army, and is in fact his will. Of
necessity it is arbitrary; but it must be obeyed."'2 At its essence, martial law
is based on the concept of necessity, and provides little limitation on the
use of military power when circumstances require its imposition


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Despite the institution of martial law on several occasions, the
Supreme Court did not consider a case relating to its imposition until
1848, in Luther v. Borden
.'0 8 The Court considered the imposition of martial law in Rhode Island, but dismissed the case as a political question
under the Guarantee Clause in Article IV of the Constitution.'0 9 The substantive issue was only addressed in dicta. Referring specifically to state
imposition of martial law, Chief Justice Taney declared that a state could
impose martial law to combat an insurrection, and the decision as to
whether to do so is left to the state itself
.



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Shortly after the conclusion of the Civil War, the Court heard its second martial law case, Ex parte Milligan.1 1 2 The case arose out of the arrest
of Lambdin Milligan in 1864, a confederate sympathizer in Indiana, while
the state was under martial law. 113 Milligan was tried and convicted by
military commission (tribunals established to try specific persons for specific offenses). 1 1 4 He then filed a writ of habeas corpus in federal court,
disputing the jurisdiction of the military commission. 1'
5 The Lincoln
Administration claimed that Milligan's detention was legal under the
Habeas Act of 1863.116 The Act allowed Lincoln to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus during the Civil War, whenever "public safety may require
it.


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The
Supreme Court, in rendering a 5-4 decision in Milligan's favor, analyzed
the imposition of martial law in Indiana. The Court held that Milligan, a
civilian, could not be tried by a military commission while the civilian
courts in the jurisdiction remained open.
' 20 The court reasoned that in
jurisdictions in which the civilian judicial proceedings are not interrupted,
the authority of the government is not in peril, and thus martial law is not
permitted.' 2 ' As there were no active military operations in Indiana when
martial law was declared
,


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Individual Liberties

The declaration of martial law grants the military broad authority to
"do all acts which are reasonably necessary for the purpose of restoring and maintaining public order
." The Code of Federal Regulations allows
the armed forces to "exercise police powers previously inoperative in the
affected area, restore and maintain order ... and initiate necessary relief
efforts.
"
'169 The armed forces are required to inform those in the affected
population of the "rules of conduct and other restrictive measures."170
Though not stated in the Federal Regulations, these include restricting
individuals' movement, imposing punishment through military trials, and
suspending other fundamental rights. 171 Generally, the Supreme Court
has sanctioned some violations of civil liberties, at least during the actual
war or emergency.

Korematsu v. United States173 provides insight into the type of invasion
of civil liberties the Court might uphold once martial law is declared.


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This interpretation garners further
support from the Milligan opinion, where the Court stated that "martial
law... destroys every guarantee of the Constitution and effectively renders
the military independent of and superior to the civil power
."' 76 A military
commander theoretically has the discretion, if exigencies require, "to suspend all civil rights and their remedies, and subject citizens as well as
soldiers to the rule of his will."'1 77



Cornell.edu - State of Seige and Martial Law

Above, we find that there are many terms used throughout history to describe what are essentially emergency powers. State of seige, martial law, state of emergency, states of exception etc.



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#1583530 - 01/18/20 05:20 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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It seems that the VA Supreme court has tipped their hand that they will not support the citizen's Right to bear arms. This only adds fuel to the fire, as many will see this as one less avenue to redress of grievances.


Edited by valeo29 (01/18/20 05:20 AM)

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#1583533 - 01/18/20 05:27 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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It could have been even worse. An earlier version of the bill would, according to one of its cosponsors, Sen. John McCain, Ariz., have allowed the president to use the U.S. military to seize American citizens on the home front and ship them to Guantanamo.

Sen. Lindsey Graham; S.C., cheered the provision, because it would “basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield.” He added that “I believe our military should be deeply involved in fighting these guys at home.


If America is the battleground, Nobody has any rights

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On December 31, 2011, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), codifying indefinite military detention without charge or trial into law for the first time in American history. The NDAA’s dangerous detention provisions would authorize the president — and all future presidents — to order the military to pick up and indefinitely imprison people captured anywhere in the world, far from any battlefield.


ACLU

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Mr. Obama refused to entertain any investigation of the abuses of power under his predecessor, and he has been far too willing to adopt Mr. Bush’s extravagant claims of national secrets to prevent any courthouse accountability for those abuses. This week, he is poised to sign into law terrible new measures that will make indefinite detention and military trials a permanent part of American law.

The measures, contained in the annual military budget bill, will strip the F.B.I., federal prosecutors and federal courts of all or most of their power to arrest and prosecute terrorists and hand it off to the military, which has made clear that it doesn’t want the job. The legislation could also give future presidents the authority to throw American citizens into prison for life without charges or a trial. The bill, championed by Republicans in the House and Senate,


NY Times

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In part the National Defense Authorization Act helps to preserve the status quo established a decade ago with the original provisions in the PATRIOT Act giving the government broad new powers in the so-called War on Terror. In part the bill expands those powers, codifying the use of indefinite detention of foreign nationals and possibly US citizens arrested abroad and at home. In part the bill expands the use of the US military on domestic soil, at once complicating anti-terrorism strategies at home and raising serious questions about the role of the military in law enforcement.

All these things should make Americans - and not just Americans - very nervous about the preservation of their civil liberties


Forbes

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Yes, the worst things you may have heard about the National Defense Authorization Act, which has formally ended 254 years of democracy in the United States of America, and driven a stake through the heart of the bill of rights, are all really true. The act passed with large margins in both the House and the Senate on the last day of last year – even as tens of thousands of Americans were frantically begging their representatives to secure Americans' habeas corpus rights in the final version.

It does indeed – contrary to the many flatout-false form letters I have seen that both senators and representatives sent to their constituents, misleading them about the fact that the NDAA destroys their due process rights. Under the act, anyone can be described as a 'belligerent".


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As former Reagan official, now Ron Paul supporter, Bruce Fein points out, on 1 March, we won't just lose the bill of rights; we will lose due process altogether. We will be back at the place where we were, in terms of legal tradition, before the signing of the Magna Carta – when kings could throw people in prison at will, to rot there forever.


Tne Guardian - The NDAA is a clear and present danger to American Liberty

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#1583537 - 01/18/20 05:34 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: valeo29]
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Originally Posted By: valeo29
It seems that the VA Supreme court has tipped their hand that they will not support the citizen's Right to bear arms. This only adds fuel to the fire, as many will see this as one less avenue to redress of grievances.


Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Northam Weapons Ban

Hi Valeo,
With many people under the impression the Governor could not ban firearms once a state of emergency was declared, the fact the Virginia Supreme Court has upheld his directive is significant. When you listen to the VCDL president Phillip Van Cleave talk about the law put into place to prevent firearms bans during times of emergency, the fact the Virginia Supreme Court decision just flew in the face of that law is very telling. We are not in Kansas anymore people.

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But Browne cited a law passed by the General Assembly in 2012 that prohibits the governor from using an emergency declaration “to in any way limit or prohibit the rights of people to keep and bear arms.


Washington Post

Guns and Gadgets - Virginia Supreme Court Ignores Constitution

Phillip Van Cleave Interview - VCDL Had Law Put in Place After Katrina to Prevent Gun Ban

Police Begin Seizing Firearms in New Orleans - NY Times

NRA - A Decade Later Remember New Orleans Gun Confiscation



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#1583618 - 01/18/20 09:29 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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Four days from now, on Monday, January 20th, 2020, the Virginia Citizens’ Defense League is holding their annual Lobby Day at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, VA.

There has been a lot of…contentiousness this year. Among other things, the Governor has declared a state of emergency and (probably unlawfully) declared the State Capitol grounds a gun-free zone.

I say that, because of this: At this hour, there is a USAF U-28A aircraft circling the Capitol.


Special Operations Surveillance Aircraft Circling Richmond






FAA Declares Airspace Over Richmond "National Defense Airspace" Until After Lobby Day

FAA.gov screen shot

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#1583722 - 01/18/20 12:44 PM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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If you read the Virginia Governors Executive Order you will find under section A, "Activation of the Virginia Emergency Operations Center."

When we visit the official Virginia.gov website for the Virginia Emergency Operations Center we discover the Virginia Emergency Operations Center is comprised of many agencies, including the Virginia Department of Military Affairs. When we visit the official Virginia.gov website for the Virginia Department of Military Affairs we discover they are in fact comprised of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.

So the Virginia National Guard has been activated via proxy through the Virginia Emergency Operations Center. This agency is infact made up of several sub agencies, including the Virginia Department of Military Affairs, which is in fact the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.

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#1583972 - 01/19/20 04:20 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - According to an advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group 4 is conducting offshore military exercises from Jan. 16-24 that could make GPS reception unavailable or unreliable in the Southeastern U.S.


GPS may be unavailable due to Military testing along East Coast - WECT6 News

Military to jam GPS, FBI Asserts Imminent Domain to Seize Night Vision from Distributors


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#1583975 - 01/19/20 05:42 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
lue-jones Offline
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The police are creating a perimeter.

In Charlottesville, the report said, the police actually “generated more violence” by pushing protesters back toward the counterprotesters.

Fixed checkpoints should be established to allow entry into the secure perimeter, much like the gates to a stadium,” the report said, adding that checkpoints would also allow authorities to prevent protesters from carrying weapons or other prohibited items inside.

That is the plan Virginia officials appear to be following for Monday: They have posted a map on Twitter and Facebook showing just one entrance to Richmond’s Capitol Square, where attendees will be screened for contraband.



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Some worry that by creating a single point of entry, the authorities could force opposing groups to enter at the same time and possibly lead to violence. Law enforcement officials in Virginia are grappling with a crucial challenge: keeping the opposing groups at the rally separate while ensuring that others — potentially deterred by metal detectors and other security measures — do not flood nearby streets that are not covered by the emergency weapons ban.


The authorities have created a unified command.

NY Times - What did Virginia learn after Charlottesville

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#1583982 - 01/19/20 05:54 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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Gov. Ralph Northam (D) last week declared a state of emergency and issued a ban on firearms or other weapons on Capitol grounds. The state Supreme Court upheld the ban after a challenge by two gun rights groups. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions for Richmond airspace, making it illegal to fly planes or drones above the city on Monday. Northam has said officials are concerned about threats from weaponized drones.


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Any group that comes to Richmond to spread white supremacist garbage, or any other form of hate, violence, or civil unrest isn’t welcome here,” House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah) said in a written statement Saturday. “While we and our Democratic colleagues may have differences, we are all Virginians and we will stand united in opposition to any threats of violence or civil unrest from any quarter.


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Not all of the heated rhetoric has come from outsiders.

Sen. Amanda F. Chase (R-Chesterfield), who plans to speak at the rally, warned on Facebook that authorities might send a troublemaker into the crowd — a “government plant,” she said — to cause a disruption as an excuse to arrest attendees on “domestic terrorist” charges.


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“The frustrating thing to me is, if something does happen, that’ll be all people talk about,” Van Cleave said. “My view is, we have no control. We’re telling police everything we know about and trusting them to do their job.


Washington Post - Richmond Braces for Enormous Pro Gun Rally


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State Police have been out in force, providing backup for the Capitol Police, who normally patrol the square. Crews have been erecting steel crowd-control barricades around the manicured Capitol grounds in recent days.


Wapo

For those interested in additional information:

YouTube - Treasonous Virginia Inc.Gun Ban Martial Law 1-20-20

Martial Law Virginia - YouTube

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#1583999 - 01/19/20 07:19 AM Re: Operation Garden Plot - Martial Law [Re: lue-jones]
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Originally Posted By: lue-jones
If you read the Virginia Governors Executive Order you will find under section A, "Activation of the Virginia Emergency Operations Center."

When we visit the official Virginia.gov website for the Virginia Emergency Operations Center we discover the Virginia Emergency Operations Center is comprised of many agencies, including the Virginia Department of Military Affairs. When we visit the official Virginia.gov website for the Virginia Department of Military Affairs we discover they are in fact comprised of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.

So the Virginia National Guard has been activated via proxy through the Virginia Emergency Operations Center. This agency is infact made up of several sub agencies, including the Virginia Department of Military Affairs, which is in fact the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force.


When we examine section B of the Governors Executive Order, again, we find the "Authorization for the heads of the executive branch agencies," to "wave any state requirements or regulation." In this instance, "The Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs" is the head of the executive branch agency who oversee's both the Department of Veterans Affairs Services and the Department of Military Affairs. As we have discovered above, the Department of Military Affairs consists of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force. Who are under the auspices of control of "The Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs," who were authorized by the Governor as an executive branch agency to "wave all normal procedures and formalities." So the command and control of the Virginia National Guard has been activated and authorized according to the Virginia Governors own Executive Order, they are just waiting for the deployment order. The legal frameworks have already been outlined in the Executive Order.


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B. Authorization for the heads of executive branch agencies, on behalf of their regulatory boards as appropriate, and with the concurrence of their Cabinet
Secretary, to waive any state requirement or regulation, and enter into contracts
without regard to normal procedures or formalities, and without regard to
application or permit fees or royalties. All waivers issued by agencies shall be
posted on their websites


Virginia Governor Executive Order - .gov




Virginia Executive Branch Agencies - Virginia.gov




Department of Military Affairs - Virginia.gov


For those interested in learning more:

Virginia Executive Branch Structure - Georgetown.edu



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