I had never heard of this before.
I cannot imagine anyone approving this in the US on a large, unrestricted scale.
Can I believe that we have had assasinations in this country? Sure. One at a time in remote places or during times when no one would notice.
But in a place with the number of people running around with cameras? And thirty people shot down in the street? It just seems stupid.
I would believe it more it you were telling me they were shooting space aliens. (Not you specifically P_Dad, but in general.)
And difficult to cover up.
“But in a place with the number of people running around with cameras?”
Yeah, how many news helicopter shots of the roof of the Superdome were we getting every single day for weeks? They must have had some great camoflage if they were up there.
Seems a very silly place to put snipers anyway, because I don’t think there is much worth looting withing shooting distance of the Superdome.