[flippycat]

Why draw lines in the sand if no one follows them?

Those universal fit police vests could fit any of the department of public works guys, citizens, bus drivers or anyone just standing there in the rural town they were trying to traffic control. Directing traffic does not take skilled armed forces.

Sending in US troops to aid a private sector matter when there is laws written against it, unless a few special circumstances apply (which seem to be not enacted in this case) is well.... simply put... breaking the law.

If we as citizens are micro managed daily by laws we need to follow, why should US soilders on US soil not be bound by them as well?

Because this is not the normal routine in America as we the public know, there presence could almost be constituted as Inducing Panic.

"Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm."

Yeah its a stretch I realize this, but so many times laws are broken by free thinkers thinking they are doing the right thing to "Aid" a situation.

Did it make the situation more manageable? Sounds like it did, but that still does not make it right if there is laws against it.

Maybe, just maybe the hero's of this country who now have to answer for these crimes if any are deemed "committed" will work with public outrage to over turn them? Because it was after all done for a worthy cause. Maybe just maybe people will realize this gross micro management we all face daily is just a little out of control now.