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“I was appalled to see our military using low-flying Black Hawk and Lakota helicopters as a show of force to intimidate peaceful protesters exercising their first amendment rights in our nation’s capital,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) a former Black Hawk pilot who served in Iraq, said in a statement.

“The use of these helicopters in that manner violates everything I learned in my military training and many FAA restrictions designed to keep Americans safe.”