Helicopters and Military Humvees With Mounted Gun Turrets Deployed for Protests In D.C.
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<html> <p>We have seen a lot of police brutality and crazy rioting over the <br/>past week. As a sign of potential escalation, video has emerged of <br/>Humvees with machine gun turrets mounted on the top driving down the <br/>streets of DC, while a black red cross medical helicopter was used by <br/>the National Guard to show force against protesters at the capitol. And <br/>if that’s not enough, there is news of protesters disappearing in <br/>Chicago.</p> <p><img src="https://images.hive.blog/DQmQhu4G5AiRdfFtFFp1hzMvvV4gboNfKK9TACWsDWHqXyF/image.png" alt="image.png"/></p> <p>U.S. President Trump <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-protest-president-law-and-order/">vowed</a><br/> to use force against protesters and to deploy the U.S. military to DC, <br/>the nation’s capital. He also expressed he would do the same elsewhere <br/>if the protests didn’t die down and rioters didn’t stop the vandalism <br/>and looting that occurred in some places. Trump also said he had <br/>dispatched “thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military <br/>personnel and law enforcement officers” to Washington, D.C.</p> <p>https://twitter.com/mariselapenny/status/1267907351954231298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</p> <p>A former Marine, Luke Thomas, commented on the video asking “Why HMMWV’s rolling through DC city streets with their gun turrets mounted?”</p> <p>https://twitter.com/lthomasnews/status/1267921048571449346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</p> <p>Although we can speculate what’s going on here with these Humvees and<br/> the horrible things they could be used for, it’s best to instead deal <br/>with the facts as they stand.</p> <p>The <em>Associated Press</em> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/defense-officials-tell-ap-that-active-duty-troops-brought-to-dc-area-in-response-to-protests-are-returning-to-home-bases/ar-BB14Z83C">reports</a><br/> that approximately 200 active duty troops that were brought in to help <br/>if needed with the civil unrest in the nation’s capital will return to <br/>their home base. However, we have no way of knowing whether or not these<br/> troops returning home are the same that were seen driving down D.C. <br/>streets with turrets attached to their Humvees.</p> <p>The official who spoke on condition of anonymity to the <em>Associated Press</em>,<br/> also noted that there were a total of 1,300 troops in the capitol <br/>region early this week as protests turned violent. Protests became <br/>violent in the aftermath of the death in Minnesota of a black man, <br/>George Floyd, who died after a white police officer Derek Cauvin pressed<br/> his knee to Floyd’s neck for several minutes causing asphyxiation.</p> <p>If Humvees with mounted turrets wasn’t enough to wet your police state whistle, a medical military helicopter was used to<a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/06/02/low-flying-helicopters.html"> disperse</a> protesters in D.C. as well, while the police on the ground <a href="https://www.axios.com/dallas-dc-protests-police-george-floyd-kettle-da41095b-74ee-40b0-be07-49a3bff62934.html">kettled</a><br/> them and beat them. Even a CNN journalist was beat up by brutal riot <br/>cops. This all showcases that our First Amendment right to peaceful <br/>assembly is being threatened in many cases.</p> <p>The incident occurred on Monday night after protesters failed to <br/>disperse during the curfew at the capitol at 7 p.m. EST. The helicopter <br/>flew low to the ground and was positioned just above those violating the<br/> curfew. The chopper sent gusts of dust and trash into the air near the <br/>demonstrators seen in the video below.</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqainneuHpw</p> <p>Since the event, it was announced today that the District of Columbia<br/> National Guard launched an investigation into the low-flying maneuver <br/>by one of its helicopters over protesters, CBS <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dc-national-guard-opens-investigation-low-flying-helicopter-over-protesters/">reported.</a></p> <p>“I hold all members of the District of Columbia National Guard to the<br/> highest of standards,” Major General William Walker said in a <a href="https://dc.ng.mil/Public-Affairs/News-Release/Article/2206033/commanding-general-orders-investigation-into-helicopter-usage/">statement</a> Wednesday. “We live and work in the district, and we are dedicated to the service of our nation.”</p> <p>Thus far there has been no investigation announced for why U.S. <br/>military were driving around Humvees with gun turrets still attached to <br/>the top.</p> <p>It was also just <a href="https://apnews.com/e0e783dcbb316887f4fac5a4dbe92563">reported by the<em> Associated Press</em></a><br/> that the previous call by the Pentagon to have some of the troops <br/>return to home base has now been abruptly reversed by Defense Secretary <br/>Mark Esper in what they are calling a “dynamic situation.” Shortly <br/>after, buses arrived with military personnel:</p> <p>https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1268330252096413697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</p> <p>If all of that wasn’t bizarre enough, Chicago is being accused of “disappearing protesters,” <em>Vice </em><a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wbak/when-its-not-busy-disappearing-protesters-chicago-is-advertising-for-uber">reported.</a><br/> Chicago, Illinois is the same state that had a CIA-like black site <br/>torture prison at Homan Square. This is the same black site that <em>The Anti-Media</em> previously <a href="https://www.activistpost.com/2015/08/thousands-of-americans-have-been-illegally-detained-in-chicagos-cia-style-detention-center.html">reported</a><br/> had detained thousands of Americans illegally. With that said, are they<br/> back to being operational? It seems very strange that protesters are <br/>vanishing again in Chicago.</p> <p>What does all this highlight? As Jeremiah Mostelle <a href="https://www.charleskochinstitute.org/issue-areas/criminal-justice-policing-reform/militarization-of-police/">wrote for the Charles Koch Institute</a>,<br/> “the increased use of military equipment has coincided with an <br/>increased use of military tactics, such as SWAT teams and no-knock <br/>raids.”</p> <p>As a result of all these actions and the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/police-tactics-floyd-protests.html">various videos</a><br/> being seen online of police using excessive force against innocent <br/>unarmed protesters, we can surely expect massive lawsuits, maybe even <br/>class action lawsuits to commence.</p> <p><em>Activist Post</em> colleague Derrick Broze, in fact, was among <br/>those arrested last night in Houston while he was covering the protest <br/>as media. He stated that he will be fighting the charges. In the video <br/>below, Derrick provides more details of the arrest and the police <br/>behavior that he witnessed.</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jucN2ygslSs</p> <p>**By [@An0nkn0wledge](<a href="https://hive.blog/@an0nkn0wledge">https://hive.blog/@an0nkn0wledge</a>)**</p> <p><em>Aaron Kesel writes for Activist Post.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.activistpost.com/survive-job-automation-apocalypse"><strong>Subscribe to Activist Post</strong></a><strong> for truth, peace, and freedom news. Become an Activist Post Patron for as little as </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/activistpost"><strong>$1 per month at Patreon</strong></a><strong>. 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