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Military Helicopters Descend on Washington in Bizarre Low-Altitude Show of Force
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#62I'm not an American but a Canadian who has Canadian friends down there. People who would never have considered buying guns up here are purchase one per family member down there because of the riots. You have a crazy country. Stay safe.
Have you not seen Montreal protests? Police suiting up in the same gear and getting ready to fire the same less lethal rounds in to crowds.
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I find this to be a much more compelling commentary and concern than the one I replied to. If what you mention does happen, it will be legitimately frightening. At least when authoritarianism hit my home country (Venezuela), we could leave.
If we go back to the Kent State shooting, Gallup found that 58% blamed the students and 11% blamed the National Guard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings#Aftermath... I don't see it as a crazy idea that shooting some protestors would be popular.
I've told friends that I have a sinking feeling a Tiananmen Square-like event might happen soon in the US. I predict that there will be people online arguing the semantics of what constitutes a "massacre" or a "tragedy."
I hope we never get to that.
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Wasn't this past curfew (7pm in DC), which is illegal for them to be gathering?
Indeed it was a curfew violation. That is not a valid reason to illegally use the might of the US military.
Playing devil's advocate, didn't they call in the national guard though? That's what the national guard is. I guess I am not surprised at seeing military grade machines.
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#66Well i guess in a few days we might see some new generation drone and autonomous weapons too which were under wraps so far.
I wonder how long until the first protestor flies a DJI drone into a military helicopter turbine intake?
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed it was a curfew violation. That is not a valid reason to illegally use the might of the US military.
Playing devil's advocate, didn't they call in the national guard though? That's what the national guard is. I guess I am not surprised at seeing military grade machines.
The national guard has a bad track record, but at least it is legal and their job. The US military cannot legally do this.
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#68I know from another thread about how the police use indiscriminate violence instead of de-escalation that this is totally ok with about half the people here. That half can go fuck themselves
EDIT: Can someone not possibly support peaceful protests and the police shutting down riots/looters?
Go fuck yourself
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The emergencies are all in Democrat run cities, where there's complete anarchy. Businesses are being smashed in, apartments are being burn to the ground. A world war 2 memorial was defaced. A church was burned. The Lincoln memorial was defaced. Macy's, the host of the Thanksgiving parade, has been completely raided and destroyed in NYC. Hundreds of Businesses were destroyed in Minneapolis, many who serve minority nei…
Don't distract from what's happening my friend. The American President had absolutely no need to let loose the military on peaceful protestors as he did today, simply to get a photo op in front of a church. The majority of the protests across the country have been peaceful, with a minority engaging in rioting and looting. If that's what you choose to focus on, then you don't give a damn about justice.
Yes I choose to focus on that. It's destroying the fabric of these cities. It will cost these cities decades to come back, if ever, from the decimation. On the other side of this is poverty, ruin, and gang violence. That's what happens when you burn the core of your city down.
I also see hateful graffiti sprayed all over my city about cops, despite the fact that the vast majority of them are peaceful and lawful and mean well for their communities. That seems to be lost on people as mob mentality has taken over.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed it was a curfew violation. That is not a valid reason to illegally use the might of the US military.
Playing devil's advocate, didn't they call in the national guard though? That's what the national guard is. I guess I am not surprised at seeing military grade machines.
The devil seems to be doing just fine without any help these days.