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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm violating my own rules here, but the media are not keeping up with developments, so I'm having to wing it.

Helicopter 1

Helicopter 2

These are chemical containers being unloaded from both helicopters. The commenters on Reddit are far more qualified than I am to extrapolate, but at the base level, the government flying them into the middle of a city is ... troubling.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Thank you for sharing this. I didn't catch wind about what was happening until last night.

I hope that whatever terrible event unfolds, sparks the fire that is needed for people to stand up for their rights. I don't want people to get hurt, but at some point you have to defend yourself against a bully