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Alarmed residents who reported low-flying black helicopters with their lights turned off buzzing downtown Dallas last night were witnessing U.S. Special Forces drills intended to allow troops to get a feel for “realistic urban sites”.
“Twitter users reported seeing blacked-out helicopters flying in low, close formations with no lights,” reported NBC-DFW. Infowars readers also contacted us to say they had witnessed the choppers.
The maneuvers were part of preparedness training for U.S. Special Operations Forces, exercises which will continue for the next two weeks, Dallas police confirmed, adding that the exact locations of the drills would not be disclosed.
“If any members of the public learn of the training locations, we ask the public to remain clear of these areas while training is conducted,” according to a press release.
Twitter users in Dallas responded to the exercises by commenting on the “unnerving” presence of blacked out helicopters that shook windows and drowned out the sound of televisions.
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“I mean, we’ve got a lot of constitutionalists and a lot of people that stockpile weapons, lots of ammunition,” one deputy says. “They have weapons here locally.”
Spokane Valley Republican Representative Matthew Shea responded to the video by asking, “Will law abiding citizens who love the Constitution and Rule of Law be hunted down with MRAPs?”
“Constitutionalism is fundamental to being an American. To hate the Constitution and those who support it means you are a traitor to this country,” added Shea.
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Sheriff Knezovich shot back by claiming the Infowars report was “hatemongering,” “misleading,” and that it was “used to scare citizens and distort the truth.”
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The revolution will come as it was written a long time ago.
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
- Orwell
originally posted by: MrSpad
It seems like evey few years these things pop again like they are something new. They have been going on since at least the second world war. They will always go on. Sort of the entire idea of training.
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
It used to be that military training was conducted in military designated areas, not in the middle of busy American cities without even notifying Americans in those areas instead of allowing them to be scared by the "drills".
originally posted by: Bedlam
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And part of the practice is getting in sync with the local government and LEOs in real time. You can't practice that at S-G Village.
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
But first of all, contrary to what MrSpad says, this is not a type of training that has existed for a long time, it is relatively new.
Then there is the fact that if you are "getting in sync with local governments and LEO's" then this training is not for oversea purposes, but for operations within the U.S.
originally posted by: Bedlam
Correct, as I stated above, NORTHCOM's mission is (partly) to deter foreign activities on US soil.
originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
originally posted by: Bedlam
Correct, as I stated above, NORTHCOM's mission is (partly) to deter foreign activities on US soil.
Ok, so you know they are lying since the military keeps claiming these military exercises in U.S. soil is to train our troops for foreign wars.
Of course, you should also know that the "Posse Commitatus Act" limits the power of the federal government in using federal military personnel, and we are not talking about the National Guard here. When it comes to this type of training and the uses they seem to have for the military in U.S. soil.