Law and the Long War

[davidbfpo]

(taken from) The job of our combat troops is to reduce the threat not prepare for a trial.

Sometimes combat troops do have to prepare for a trial, from a UK perspective in Northern Ireland the Army did adjust to preparing for a trial, perhaps not in the early days. Towards the end the Army down to soldier level were very forensically aware and that information gathering through intelligence could become evidence. Others can comment on Malaya and other insurgencies which predate my horizon.

Now a long time ago, how about the deployment of US troops in the USA, during the rioting in Detroit and elsewhere? Was preparation for criminal trials excluded?

davidbfpo