{"id":208064,"date":"2020-05-30T06:56:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T06:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=208064"},"modified":"2020-06-01T07:04:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T07:04:46","slug":"customs-and-border-protection-flies-predator-drone-over-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=208064","title":{"rendered":"Customs and Border Protection flies Predator drone over Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Squire \u2013 Digital Trends May 29, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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A Predator drone operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection was reportedly spotted on radar flying over Minneapolis on Friday morning as protests roiled the city below following the death of George Floyd at the hands of local police officers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sighting of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone, the type which has been previously used by the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq in surveillance and combat missions against insurgents, was first reported by Project on Government Oversight reporter Jason Paladino<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. It was spotted on radar after leaving North Dakota\u2019s Grand Forks Air Force Base.<\/span><\/p>\n

The drone headed to Minneapolis and circled over the city at 20,000 feet, Paladino said.\u00a0 As of 10:15 a.m. PT on Friday, the drone had peeled away from the city to the north, Paladino and radar tracking apps reported<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A drone using the same call sign \u2014 CBP-104 \u2014 has been reported in flight logs from Customs and Border Protection, according to Vice\u2019s Motherboard<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is unclear what mission the drone was completing over Minneapolis. Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Digital Trends. We will update this story when we receive a response.<\/span><\/p>\n

Minneapolis has been in turmoil since Floyd was killed in a police encounter on Monday. Video showed white Minneapolis police officers holding down Floyd \u2014 a Black man \u2014 during an arrest, with one officer kneeling into the back of Floyd\u2019s neck. Floyd can be heard saying, \u201cI can\u2019t breathe.\u201d He later died at an area hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n

The death of another unarmed black man by police officers set off waves of condemnation and the four officers involved were fired. But protesters demanded the cops face criminal charges for killing Floyd. On Friday morning, fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin \u2014 who had knelt on Floyd \u2014 was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter. The other officers have not yet been arrested.<\/span><\/p>\n

For several days, protesters have swarmed the city demanding justice, and were met by riot police and tear gas. Local businesses have been vandalized or broken into during the protests. During Thursday night\u2019s protests, some people breached the police precinct where the officers involved had worked and burned it. The National Guard has since been mobilized to the area<\/span><\/p>\n

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