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Posse was founded in 1989 by Deborah Bial, [4] first partnering with Vanderbilt University. After initially recruiting students solely from New York City, the program has expanded to serve students from more than 20 U.S. cities. [5] [6] The Posse Foundation's founder, Deborah Bial, received the MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2007 for her work with ...
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.
The posse comitatus (from the Latin for "power of the county"), frequently shortened to posse, is in common law a group of people mobilized to suppress lawlessness, defend the people, or otherwise protect the place, property, and public welfare.
Gordon Wendell Kahl (January 8, 1920 – June 3, 1983) was an American World War II veteran, farmer and tax protester who was known for being a one-time member of the Posse Comitatus movement and for his involvement in two fatal shootouts with law enforcement officers in the United States in 1983.
The Posse Comitatus (Latin, "force of the county") [1] is a loosely organized American far-right extremist social movement which began in the late 1960s. Its members spread a conspiracy-minded, anti-government, and antisemitic message linked to white supremacy aiming to counter what they believe is an attack on their social and political rights as white Christians.
Deborah Bial (born 1965) is an American businesswoman. She is the founder and president of the Posse Foundation [1] and a trustee of Brandeis University. [2]Bial is known for the concept of her foundation, which is to send groups of around ten students to collaborating colleges so that they can support each other and achieve a greater success rate.
Posse member William Hicks [8] Posse member George Selvidge [9] Posse member Jim Ward [10] Posse member Riley Woods [11] At the time, the Beck family were not considered official posse members. Three were killed and one wounded. Posse member William Beck died the following day of wounds. [12] Posse member Black Sut Beck [13] Posse member Sam ...
Posse (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse; Posse (surname), including a list of people with the name; Posse, Goiás, a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Goiás; Posse Foundation, a US nonprofit organization that identifies, recruits, and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams