Some one just told me there is a media blackout right now in DC

[gopiscrap]

[onenote]

1. Meaning what?

[msongs]

2. someone who? nt

[Newest Reality]

3. Well,

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]

4. I'm listening to WTOP, the all news radio station in DC right now.

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]

5. I am not the one who mentioned the media blackout.

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 nation’s 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 nation’s capital.

[emphasis is mine]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/floyd-protests-live.html

[roamer65]

10. Posse Comitatus doesn't work in DC.

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 can’t send in troops unless the governors ask for them.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. This is disinformation being spread by people who are not our allies. Nt

[agingdem]

7. straw man crap

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]

8. That's misinformation that was widely spread and then debunked last night.

[PJMcK]

9. Fascinating

Not very informative.