by Lone Shark
You can call me crazy if you must. And no, I am far from being a conspiracy theorist- but pardon me, I do not think that military training exercises in the nighttime skies over major metropolitan areas like Miami are absolutely essential for national security purposes- especially those exercises which feature blank rounds being fired.
Last week, an unknown number of Blackhawk helicopters strafed the Miami skyline while numerous residents on balconies overlooking the city witnessed the helicopters actually firing their machine guns with blanks in the vicinity of the Miami Herald Building. One amateur video shot by Atlanta resident Josh Epperson captured the sound of blank rounds being fired (see video below).
Now I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but exactly what type of scenario does our military envision playing out where they would have no other choice but to employ Blackhawk helicopter gunships with M60 machine guns to acquire targets within the city of Miami? And for all of the talk about “public safety,” conducting unannounced tests that fire blanks over the heads of civilians strikes me as pretty thoughtless- people have no idea what’s going on on the ground and have no idea if what’s going on is actually a drill or not. Reactions to these exercises could easily lead to civilian accidents- how would you react if you were driving down the MacArthur Causeway and all of a sudden machine gun fire erupts over your head?
“This is routine training conducted by military personnel designed to ensure the military’s ability to operate in urban environments, prepare forces for upcoming overseas deployments, and meet mandatory training certification requirement.” Statement from Miami-Dade Police Department
Take that boilerplate explanation for what it’s worth and assign whatever motives you wish as to the reasons behind this exercise. For me, firing blank rounds over populous civilian areas shows about as much consideration to the public as the incident in 2009 which featured Air Force One needlessly buzzing over lower Manhattan, causing countless numbers of civilians to scramble in panic.
13 Responses to “Blackhawk Choppers Buzz Miami Skyline, Blank Rounds Fired”
This doesn’t seem right: to freak civilians? No, not good.
what would the justification be if someone actually died as a result of this. This is unreal
Nothing to see here. Move along. Go back to American Idol, or Honey Boo Boo.
The Police State is here and it is not good, trust me I grew up in one.
They have all the guns and the people have none.
Almost there:
Step 1: Poke
Step 2: Push
Step 3: Shove
Step 4: Shoot
The natural progression of tyranny. They’ve just added step 3.5 (shoot blanks).
The military should send these great gunships to our Mexican border and practice all they want. Even use live ammo. It might scare some of Rubio’s illegals from entering our Country and stealing jobs and falsely claiming entitlement checks from us workers.
How many legitamate people are anxiously waiting to enter American the correct way–instead of cutting in line by crossing the border, like the illegals.
There must be millions paitently waiting, from the European countries alone, to become citizens, speak English and pay their own way.
Rubio did not have the guts to take on Hillary over Bengaziat at the Senate hearings, and he lacks the guts to limit our immigration to people who follow our laws to enter USA.
LOL dude. Europeans go to US when they HAVE TO, not because they WANT TO – especially “want to become US citizen / etc.”. For Europeans US has actually nothing to offer – not anymore. Maybe 10 years ago, but not anymore. Take a good look at the charts and polls – for typical US citizen going to Europe is too expensive nowadays, so why would we bother to come to REAL POLICE STATE where you earn less, can afford less, can be shot by an idiot in cinema or school? Think again
Shoot back!!! THAT’S how you get their attention, nothing impresses more then incoming gun fire…NOTHING!!!
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Wow. What kind of balls does this government have that they think they can just do whatever they want in such a vastly populated area and think that we as citizens should just look the other way with machine gun fire going off a few hundred feet above our heads?! And to believe we are all stupid enough to believe this is “routine exercise”? Thomas Jefferson said “20 years is too long for a REVOLUTION.”. Get ready America, I think we may be a little over due…
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