UK Daily Mail
- Authority to send troops onto the streets stems from constitutional provision for 'Militia' to 'repel invasions'
- Controversial list of 'indicators of potential violence' focuses exclusively on areas with high numbers of minority groups
And it appears the U.S. has already got detailed plans in place should similar uprisings sweep across the Atlantic.
Experts have revealed that the military would immediately be drafted in - patrolling the streets with police officers and securing important buildings, landmarks and bridges.
Up in flames: Rioters have wreaked havoc on the streets of Great Britain
The operations would be backed by Article 1, Section 8 of the constitution, an historic concept which gives Congress the power to direct the 'Militia', or in modern terms the Armed Forces - to assert authority on the streets.
The Article states that 'Congress shall have power... to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions'.
The National Journal's White House correspondent, Marc Ambinder, first suggested the plans would be put into place in the eventuality of a riot with a tweet.
'If what happened in London ever happened in the US, the military has plans -- CONPLAN 3501 and 3502 -- to suppress the insurrection,' he wrote...[Full Article]
THE 'INDICATORS OF POTENTIAL VIOLENCE'
1) High unemployment rate among minority groups
2) Increased crime rates among minority groups
3) Protests arising from income disparities between minority and majority groups
4) Declining rapport between local officials and minority groups
5) Migrations of large numbers of minority groups
6) Protests by minority groups to such conditions as slum conditions, segregation in housing and schools, lack of jobs, lack of recreational facilities, police brutality, and local overpricing practices.