Under a platform of philosophized white racial superiority, the group employed violence as a means of pushing back Reconstruction and its enfranchisement of African-Americans. The name of the Ku Klux Klan was derived from the Greek word kyklos, meaning “circle,” and the Scottish-Gaelic word “clan,” which was probably chosen for the sake of alliteration. In the United States, martial law may be declared by proclamation of the President or a State governor, but such a formal proclamation is not necessary. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).įounded in 1865 by a group of Confederate veterans, the KKK rapidly grew from a secret social fraternity to a paramilitary force bent on reversing the federal government’s progressive Reconstruction Era-activities in the South, especially policies that elevated the rights of the local African American population. Martial law is justified when civilian authority has ceased to function, is completely absent, or has become ineffective. Said some of it related to reports Trump is now unable to see because he doesn’t have Twitter.With passage of the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Whereas, The military forces of the United States are now actively engaged in suppressing the said insurrection and rebellion, in various parts of the States. He did not comment to New York magazine.īut on Friday the New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman reported that Lindell had been “carrying the notes for an attorney he’s been working with to prove the election was really won by Trump, wouldn’t say who it was. Lindell did not respond to the pool reporter at the White House on Friday, when his notes were captured by a photographer from the Washington Post.
Jacobs reported that though Colon said he did not use Twitter, an account under the name Frank Colon Esq contained messages supportive of Trump and said of Biden: “If you need the military to protect you from the people during your fraudulent inauguration the people didn’t vote for you.”
He also said it “would be odd to reach that far down” in the Department of Defense for a role like national security adviser, but also said “people know me in the Pentagon” because not many people practise cyber law. On only a few occasions in the history of the United States have American citizens been placed for a substantial period of time under a rule of martial. Martial law is declared in an emergency, in a. “I get called into a lot of projects for the Pentagon,” Colon told Jacobs, formerly of the Guardian, saying such projects included the Operation Warp Speed programme for coronavirus vaccine development and delivery. Martial law is law administered by the military rather than by a civilian government, typically to restore order. Lindell has insisted Trump will begin a second term.
Nonetheless, Trump still has not conceded defeat in an election he claims without evidence was stolen through mass voter fraud. In the United States martial law must be ordered by the President as commander-in-chief and must be limited to the duration of the warfare or emergency. Trump will leave office on Wednesday, when Joe Biden becomes the 46th president. The president was this week impeached a second time, for inciting supporters to attack the US Capitol on 6 January, leaving five people dead. Reporter Ben Jacobs added that Colon “seemed befuddled why he would be floated to the president in any senior role and said that he never met Lindell”, although he said he had “seen him on TV”.Īds for his sleep-aiding pillows made the mustachioed Lindell a familiar figure on American screens before he emerged as a leading Trump ally and booster. A day after his name and location appeared in notes carried into the White House by the My Pillow founder, Mike Lindell, Frank Colon told New York magazine he was “just a government employee who does work for the army” at Fort Meade, in Maryland.
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