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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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] 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

These definitely look like tubs of chemical agents given the hazmat labels, rather than ammunition as the news was suggesting. A tub of ammunition the sizes in the first video would also be too heavy to carry like they are (if full). I think the comments positing that the cardboard boxes are gas masks are probably spot on.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Airdropping hazmat in the middle of protests has a strong whiff of "we're likely going to find out what was in those containers soon enough."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can't see the Reddit posts, but as an Army veteran - my money is on them using CS gas. The stuff really sucks, and can incapacitate you if you're not ready to counter it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Apologies for the Reddit links; they were embeds, so I had no other option.