Quote Originally Posted by Sam View Post
The Lakota Army helicopter in that picture was marked with a red cross, I think they call those medical helicopter. That article said it was a show of force, maybe they were using those to transport injured people.
I know they've used choppers to help break up riots before. The used Blackhawks with great efficiency at Camp Bucca in Iraq to break up a few of them.

Maybe it was just the first thing they had available?