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(42,708 posts)msongs
(67,413 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)There was a military show of force by an Army Blackhawk helicopter over the Chinatown District in DC. It is used on insurgents to intimidate them, but can be dangerous due to flying debris and snapped trees, etc.
Bunker Bitch ordered it. I have heard reports of military helicopters over DC tonight, as well. He might be pulling out the stops on Posse Comitatus, which is bad news. More information is needed.
onenote
(42,708 posts)So if there is a "media blackout' it is a particularly ineffective one.
You should ask your friend where he/she got his/her information.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)I was passing on reports about the military action.
The military police and a Black Hawk helicopter are deployed in Washington.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter descended to rooftop level in the Chinatown district of Washington on Monday night, kicking up dirt, debris and snapping trees that narrowly missed several people.
The military also used Lakota helicopters to perform the maneuver, known as show of force, which is often conducted by low-flying jets in combat zones to scare away insurgents. The crowd quickly dispersed into surrounding blocks. Minutes later, the Black Hawk returned for another pass.
The nations capital, roiled by protest, is the one jurisdiction where the Army can deploy without needing approval from a governor. So President Trump, declaring that the destruction of peaceful life and the spilling of blood is against humanity and God, ordered the Army to deploy an active-duty military police battalion for Washington, Defense Department officials said Monday.
SNIP...
Mr. Trump made clear, Defense officials said, that he wanted the Pentagon to push back forcefully against protests in the nations capital.
[emphasis is mine]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/floyd-protests-live.html
roamer65
(36,745 posts)The Act only applies to states.
Gen Russell Honore said tonite that sadly Dump can do just about what he wants to in DC. The states he cant send in troops unless the governors ask for them.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,619 posts)agingdem
(7,850 posts)unless someone "killed" social media than the answer is no...however, if I have to listen to MSNBC's Chris Jansing do her "I'm being told this looting isn't helping the Democrats" shit again I will take away her mic and put her in a time-out corner
highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Not very informative.