What is ridicules?
If a new chopper can be shot down, can one with a star painted on it not be shot down over the neighborhood?
Ok. So the police, whose job it is to protect the public, should just not go into an area where thugs are shooting at helicopters. Just cede the area and allow the thugs to operate. Sure why not.
Or allow them to do their job but with the added complication of dodging news copters. There’s limited airspace, let’s add a few more copters to the mix, especially if they’re not part of the operation. What could go wrong?
The press can do their job without interfering with police operations, they do not need to be shoulder to shoulder with them.