Alarm as 'low-flying helicopters' and simulated gunfire to engulf DC in drill: 'Red flags'

Critics raised “red flags” after the U.S. Capitol Police gave just one day’s notice of a Sunday “training exercise” at the U.S. Capitol featuring “low-flying helicopters,” emergency vehicles and the “simulated sound of gunfire” just weeks before the midterms. “Uhhhh. What,” asked Brendan Karet, a former researcher and writer for Media Matters for…