The Posse Comitatus

The Posse Comitatus is a survivalist[?] militia group that opposes the federal government and believes in vigilantism[?]. They are considered racist as well. The name of the group translates from Latin to mean "power of the county," and the Posse believes that all governmental power is rooted at the county, not Federal, level.

In 1983, Posse member (and accused parole violator) Gordon Kahl[?] murdered two Federal marshals (who had come to arrest him) in North Dakota and became a fugitive. Kahl later was killed by Arkansas law enforcement officials in a shootout in which a local sheriff was also killed.

Other members of the group have also been convicted of crimes ranging from tax evasion and counterfeiting to threatening the lives of IRS agents and judges.

See also

• Posse Comitatus Act