Military Helicopters Being Used To Intimidate Protesters/Rioters In Washington D.C.

Warzone/The Drive: Military Helicopters Descend On Washington In Bizarre Very Low-Altitude Show Of Force (Updated)

Using military helicopters to intimidate U.S. citizens is certainly a new tactic in the ongoing crisis.

U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota helicopters, as well as UH-60 Black Hawks, one possibly belonging to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have been flying extremely low-level show-of-force maneuvers over areas of Washington, D.C. in obvious attempts to try to disperse groups protesting the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota last week. Some of the helicopters have held a hover right over groups of people, hitting them with their rotor wash and the deafening sound of their rotors and engines. This comes after President Donald Trump announced he had ordered hardline measures against protesters and rioters in the nation's capital, including the deployment of additional national guardsmen, federal troops, and federal law enforcement officers.

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Update: MILITARY HELICOPTER deployed to disperse protesters in DC after curfew (VIDEO) (RT).

WNU Editor: The protesters/rioters/looters do not seem intimidated. Some of the curfew violators could be seen smashing up storefronts.

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