WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government allowed police in Ferguson, Missouri, to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace for nearly two weeks in August for safety reasons, but audio recordings show that local authorities instead wanted to keep news helicopters away during violent street protests.
On Aug. 12, amid demonstrations following the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, Federal Aviation Administration managers struggled to redefine an earlier flight ban so police helicopters and commercial flights at nearby Lambert-St. Louis International Airport could fly through the area — but not others.
“They finally admitted it really was to keep the media out,” said one FAA manager about the St. Louis County Police Department in a series of recorded telephone conversations obtained by The Associated Press. “But they were a little concerned of, obviously, anything else that could be going on.”
How are they going to keep the “flies” out with all the turds protesting for social justice on the ground?
As a pilot I can tell you the FAA does this all the time around the country.
Everywhere Obama goes is NFZ
Read this.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibited_airspace
To all Airmen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOTAM
Oh I reckon there will be plenty of flies there anyway…
“No fly area”? No wonder Obama never went to visit. i always figured he traveled with whoever he wanted to, but apparently even Executive Powers have some limits.
Im wondering if the want to keep the shitbag press out so the police can do their job in a timely and productive manner.
Whatever happened to napalm? Is that illegal now?
Question: Was it because they didn’t want the nation and world to see the protesters acting like zoo animals on the rampage? Did they want to keep the narrative that they were sincerely protesting a wrong and not just an excuse to loot and cause mayhem?
I’m getting tired of the government and news media trying to engineer the facts of the stories.