... nor shall any state deprive any
person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor
deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws. Amendment XIV, Section I
The U.S. Marshals have played a direct role in mediating the
relationship between the Federal government, civilians, and upholding
the law and the
constitution. The Marshals were frequently the center of the storm
in the controversy and strife that denotes much of American history.
U.S. Marshals and the
Pentagon Riot of October 21, 1967
U.S. Marshals and the
Ku Klux Klan March on October 28, 1990
U.S. Marshals and Gulf
War Demonstrators in San Francisco 1990