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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday May 31 2020, @02:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

Border Patrol flies anti-terrorism drone over Minneapolis protestors

Thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis on Friday to protest the death of George Floyd, a local black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest. All the while, a Customs and Border Patrol drone kept a careful eye on the unfolding unrest.

The drone, using the tracking signal CBP104, took off from Grand Forks Airforce Base at 9:08 am Central Daylight Time and shortly afterward headed directly to Minneapolis, this feed from live flight tracking service FlightAware showed. The drone then circled the city six times from about 10:45 until noon. The aircraft maintained an altitude of about 20,000 feet.

Grand Forks AFB is the home of the Air Force's 319th Reconnaissance Wing. It is also a site Customs and Border Patrol personnel use for takeoff and landing of the Predator B unmanned aircraft system. CBP uses the drone in anti-terrorism operations by helping to identify and intercept potential terrorists and illegal cross-border activity.

Also at The Drive and Business Insider.


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  • (Score: 1) by Goghit on Monday June 01 2020, @04:19AM

    by Goghit (6530) on Monday June 01 2020, @04:19AM (#1001599)

    I assume you're not speaking of Alberta? A sizeable part of the population keeps looking south and going "Yeah, we want a part of that!"