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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The most insane thing I remember from Katrina was Blackwater authorizing themselves to respond to New Orleans, (they received official approval after they were already on site) where they didn't provide any aide or assistance, but set up sniper teams on roofs and above water overpasses and sniped people they deemed to be looters, as well as confiscating any guns they found.

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/08/secret-history-hurricane-katrina/

So I guess that kind of makes the 'black helicopters' conspiracy sort of true, lol.