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Under Annex A, section B of Operation Garden Plot defines tax protesters, militia groups, religious cults, and general anti-government dissenters as Disruptive Elements. This calls for the deadly force to be used against any extremist or dissident perpetrating any and all forms of civil disorder.

Section 3:
This plan could be implemented under any of the following situation:

(1) Spontaneous civil disturbances which involve large numbers of persons and/or which continue for a considerable period of time, may exceed the capacity of local civil law enforcement agencies to suppress. Although this type of activity can arise without warning as a result of sudden, unanticipated popular unrest (past riots), it may also result from more prolonged dissidence.

This would most likely be an outgrowth of serious social, political or economic issues which divide segments of the American population. Such factionalism could manifest itself through repeated demonstrations, protest marches and other forms of legitimate opposition but which would have the potential for erupting into spontaneous violence with little or no warning.

(2) Planned acts of violence or civil disobedience which, through arising from the same causes as (1) above, are seized upon by a dedicated group of dissidents who plan and incite purposeful acts designed to disrupt social order.

This may occur either because leaders of protest organizations intentionally induce their followers to perpetrate violent acts, or because a group of militants infiltrates an otherwise peaceful protest and seeks to divert it from its peaceful course.

Chapter 12--Control of Disorder

Preserving civil peace is the first responsibility of govern ment. Unless the rule of law prevails, our society will lack not only order but also the environment essential to social and economic progress.

The maintenance of civil order cannot be left to the police alone. The police need guidance, as well as support, from mayors and other public officials. It is the responsibility of public officials to determine proper police policies, support adequate police standards for personnel and performance, and participate in planning for the control of disorders.

To maintain control of incidents which could lead to disorders, the Commission recommends that local officials:


* Assign seasoned, well-trained policemen and supervisory officers to patrol ghetto areas, and to respond to disturbances.

* Develop plans which will quickly muster maximum police man power and highly qualified senior commanders at the outbreak of disorders.

* Provide special training in the prevention of disorders, and pre pare police for riot control and for operation in units, with adequate command and control and field communication for proper discipline and effectiveness

* Develop guidelines governing the use of control equipment and provide alternatives to the use of lethal weapons. Federal sup port for research in this area is needed.

* Establish an intelligence system to provide police and other public officials with reliable information that may help to pre vent the outbreak of a disorder and to institute effective control measures in the event a riot erupts.

* Develop continuing contacts with ghetto residents to make use of the forces for order which exist within the community.

* Establish machinery for neutralizing rumors, and enabling Negro leaders and residents to obtain the facts. Create special rumor details to collect, evaluate, and dispel rumors that may lead to a civil disorder.


The Commission believes there is a grave danger that some communities may resort to the indiscriminate and excessive use of force. The harmful effects of overreaction are incalcul able. The Commission condemns moves to equip police depart ments with mass destruction weapons, such as automatic rifles, machine guns and tanks. Weapons which are designed to de stroy, not to control, have no place in densely populated urban communities.

The Commission recognizes the sound principle of local authority and responsibility in law enforcement, but recom mends that the federal government share, in the financing of programs for improvement of police forces, both in their normal law enforcement activities as well as in their response to civil disorders.

To assist government authorities in planning their response to civil disorder, this report contains a Supplement on Control of Disorder. It deals with specific problems encountered during riot-control operations, and includes:


* Assessment of the present capabilities of police, National Guard and Army forces to control major riots, and recommendations for improvement;

* Recommended means by which the control operations of those forces may be coordinated with the response of other agencies, such as fire departments, and with the community at large;

* Recommendations for review and revision of federal, state and local laws needed to provide the framework for control efforts and for the call-up and interrelated action of public safety forces.

woodchip wrote:Civil unrest is best performed at the ballot box

Will Robinson wrote:"The Militia" as the law refers to it is the armed civilian citizen.

CUDA wrote:WTF!!!!! why does the Surgeon General need to be incharge of Military troops??????

Alpha Dog wrote:Well, she IS a general.

roid wrote:i'd like an answer, not a lame sidestep.

Where were these "stop spending our tax money" hire-a-crowds when Bush was declaring a very expensive war against Iraq?

Insurrectionist wrote:The answer is there was no TEA party movement when Bush declared war. Simple enough.

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TunnelCat wrote:If these 'Tea Partyers' were really all about 'too much tax and spend', they should have piped up when Bush was spending like a drunken sailor and running up the National Debt for the next President to deal with!

TunnelCat wrote:I still think that racism is at the core of their hatred for this Presidency.

roid wrote:

Insurrectionist wrote:The answer is there was no TEA party movement when Bush declared war. Simple enough.

Yep, the Tea Party only mobilises when a democrat spends money.

Kilarin wrote:

TunnelCat wrote:I still think that racism is at the core of their hatred for this Presidency.

This is not. Really. Conservatives hate liberals for being liberal. Remember how much they hated Bill Clinton, a southern good-old-boy? Racism hasn't been defeated yet, but it is just not the primary motivator for public policy anymore. I'm sure race plays a part, but it's a fairly small part.

tunnelcat wrote:

And my original question still stands, why NOW and not when Bush was trashing the Constitution, running up the debt with hidden war spending (he kept it off the books back when he was pres.) and spying on us all in the name of 'fighting terror'? Why didn't these 'Tea Partyers' find religion back then and demonstrate against Bush? It's the hypocracy that now stinks!

Insurrectionist wrote:Maybe it's happening now because the people don't want another 8 years of out of control spending and more freedom being taken away. People voted for change but not the change that is driving our country faster and faster towards the cliff. The TEA party is slowly be taken over by the republican party which I think is a big Mistake to even allow any of the politicians from Washington in to the movement. The people are angry, with millions of people who have finally had enough of Washington DC after decades of out of control government.

I really do believe the country needs to change. Would be nice for every person in the US not to have to worry about health care, housing, and food but as it is going now we are going to fall do to the lack restraint from the politicians on spending and giving money away to people who don't need it.(BIG BUSINESS)

Do you really think the taxation of the rich isn't going to affect the middle class? There is a class warfare going on but it will not affect the rich or the poor. The rich will find a way to pass it on to the middle calss making the middle class poorer and the poor will still be poor.

Insurrectionastically Inclined wrote:Would be nice for every person in the US not to have to worry about health care, housing, and food