Posse comitatus act, 1992-07-17

A research memorandum that describes the history and scope of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. Its immediate objective was "to end the use of federal troops in former confederate states where civil power had been reestablished," 1992 July 17. PART OF SERIES: In addition to analyzing the 1992 riots as a whole, the Webster Commission also divided into several smaller task forces and study groups, each of which addressed one specific aspect of the civil disturbance. The series consists of reports and appendices produced by five of these groups: the Chronology Team, the Public Officials and Community Team, the LAPD Team, the Comparisons Study Group, and the Inter-Agency Team. Also included are two copies of Webster Scope, a report that interprets the riots and their cumulative effects primarily through graphs, charts, statistics, and figures, and several research memoranda that discuss the legality of several riot-response tactics. PART OF SUBSERIES: Research memoranda about various topics related to the 1992 Rodney King riots.