I’m sure you’ll find justification for this abuse of power, by the authorities, buried somewhere in the Affordable Healthcare Act.
Yeah I saw that..maybe they think he is possibly watching coverage of what is going on..I dont believe he is still in Big Bear.he is a nut but a very intelligent one..he probably stole someone elses car and is long gone
Well considering that now a days there are so many ways for someone to access TV on a portable device, let alone just watching TV, I can see where they would not want to have the suspect see what they are doing. As far as ordering the helicopter to stop showing the area, I guess if they did not comply the police could have forced them to leave the area. When lives are at stake I think the press should back off.
Do they think that the perp is watching TV or is there some type of cover-up in progress?
Interference in the duties of LEO has always been illegal.
The really don’t need the news helicopter giving this guy tactical information.
Good thing! the chopper would just get in the flight path of the Reaper in the area? Didnt the WH just defend it’s use against anyone who takes up arms against the govt? And this dude shot a few cops, so, obviously, Obama green lighted his a$$ for a Reaper?
“They” really want this story to go away..
Ordered by whom?
Did they say Foff?
We have a right guaranteed by the Constitution? (Don’t know if its a right but hey since most people now nothing about the Constitution and are to lazy to check, you can just say it)
All those choppers get in the way of the drone that Zero authorized to kill US citizens. I really don’t have a problem with that, if they are turncoats or killers like this guy go for it.
The guy did say he would shoot down any choppers...
The cops don’t want us to see them shoot more innocent people they mistake for the bad guy.
“I dont care what happens to members of the media or the entire families”......
I heard this someplace.
Use Gen. Schwarzkopf’s method.
When you want to concentrate on the suspect in an area of interest, fake out the news media (lie to them).
Set up a diversion, complete with search teams and helicopters, in another area.
News will report, suspect will watch (or hear on radio), and perhaps get a little complacent.
I would go this.
Might hit a drone?
You do now.
The FAA DID NOT ISSUE A TFR, any orders given are NOT ORDERS and NO Pilot is required to follow them. I have the aopa TFR page open, NO TFR’s . and I just looked and found no NOTAMS either. This is just THUGS protecting one of their own and the Citizens be Damned. If I were flying around there right now I would be demanding his AUTHORITY to Override the FAA. And just to be clear ONLY THE FAA can issue NOTAMS or TFR’s.
honestly, I have been hoping and praying for weeks now that ‘the authorities’ would try to restrict 1A rights of the press as they are trying to restrict everyone else’s 2A rights. Why not? One disposable Amendment is as good as the next, isn’t it?