mickjoebill
17th Jan 2021, 03:34
Michael Moore claims that there were no helicopters over the Capital on Jan 6th during the occupation of the Capital building.
21:00 https://youtu.be/tQCsVVVknzQn "up in the sky, not a single helicopter.."
He compares this with the national guard helicopters present during black lives matter protests.
Whilst it is understandable national guard helicopters would not respond quickly unless on standby, what was the flight clearance/airspace situation with DC metro police, other law enforcement agencies.
Flight radar shows a patrol around White House, shared by Metro police and parks police helicopters in the afternoon, but generally very little activity during daylight hours and a then tight orbits at 8pm and from 9.30pm to 10.30pm around the Capital building by the Metro police.
I could imagine every spare inch of the area is covered by security cameras so an aerial perspective is not as essential as in other cities?
This recent article reports on the NG helicopters...https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/who-decides-when-there-are-helicopters-experts-weigh-national-guard-n1253599
Mjb
21:00 https://youtu.be/tQCsVVVknzQn "up in the sky, not a single helicopter.."
He compares this with the national guard helicopters present during black lives matter protests.
Whilst it is understandable national guard helicopters would not respond quickly unless on standby, what was the flight clearance/airspace situation with DC metro police, other law enforcement agencies.
Flight radar shows a patrol around White House, shared by Metro police and parks police helicopters in the afternoon, but generally very little activity during daylight hours and a then tight orbits at 8pm and from 9.30pm to 10.30pm around the Capital building by the Metro police.
I could imagine every spare inch of the area is covered by security cameras so an aerial perspective is not as essential as in other cities?
This recent article reports on the NG helicopters...https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/who-decides-when-there-are-helicopters-experts-weigh-national-guard-n1253599
Mjb