The Army's point, and on the surface it makes sense....they did not want civilians observing and taking video. The Army claims it was for their safety, I'm more inclined to believe the Army simply didn't want civilians observing and taking video....and posting all over the internet.
I'm not taking anyone's side. But if the army wanted to use the location they chose, they chose poorly for criteria of people not observing and being discreet.
Local media has the significant issue is that the local population had not been informed and they didn't know why are there so many helicopters, gunfire, etc. My perspective was, I saw it on TV and online, and while some of them probably didn't see or read anything about it, it wasn't like it was not advertised.
I think the army is thinking (rightfully) "Raleigh is a pain in the ass, we're not doing that again."
Edited to add, a few years ago, 7ish, the university was going to tear down a building right behind the hospital to make room for a new building. Local SWAT (at the time I was still on the team as a tac medic) wanted to use the building to train in before they tore it down. Fine, they said. The university and hospital spent weeks telling everyone, it was on the news, they emailed employees and students, the whole shebang. Guess what? The day of the event, 911 was flooded with calls about armed men storming this research building. The moral of the story is, shit happens. The university wasn't happy, the hospital wasn't happy, wasn't anyone but LE who was happy. There was some tension....the PD thought, "fine, next time you need us, don't call...."
Eh, some of locals are probably just peeved that the SF dudes drank all the good booze and stole away all the hot single chicks.
