61. The issue was sealed when northern Republicans agreed to pull federal troops out of the South, abandoning blacks to the dominance of the Southern white supremacists. 62. The month following his inauguration, Hayes pulled federal troops out of the South, bringing down the curtain for many decades on the hopes of blacks for equality. 63. The next day, the White House relented and gave federal troops the authority -- in writing -- to restrain the Marielitos. 64. The next day, federal troops were needed to restore order. 65. The Posse Comitatus Act, passed after the Civil War, forbids federal troops from arresting civilians or doing routine police work or intelligence gathering within U.S. borders. 66. The pictures, mostly from CBS News, bring back the terrible days and nights of deaths, beatings, looting and arson before federal troops were sent in. 67. The Posse Comitatus Act, passed after the Civil War to rein in the military, bars federal troops from doing police work within U.S. borders. 68. Then President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in the federal troops, rebuffing governor. 69. There was no way to confirm those reports independently, and on Monday night the federal troops appeared to be regrouping for another assault. 70. There, federal troops turned even loyal Chechens into rebels with their brutal and indiscriminate bombing. |