Customs and Border Protection reportedly flew a Predator B drone over Minneapolis as protests rocked the city

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A Customs and Border Protection Predator B drone reportedly flew over Minneapolis Friday amid intense protests following the death of George Floyd.

The drone with call sign CBP104 was spotted circling the city by Jason Paladino, an investigative reporter at The Project on Government Oversight who tracked the drone using open-source flight data.

The exact mission of the drone remains unclear, and CBP has yet to clarify despite repeated requests for comment.

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Customs and Border Protection CBP reportedly flew a military drone over Minneapolis amid continued protests in a city rocked by the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for an extended period of time.

Jason Paladino, an investigative reporter at The Project on Government Oversight, tweeted Friday that CBP unmanned aerial vehicle #CBP104 out of Grand Forks Air Force Base is "circling over Minneapolis" at 20,000 feet.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why thoroughbred horse semen is the world's most expensive liquidSee Also:The first video uploaded to YouTube, 15 years ago, shows one of the cofounders at the zoo watch the clip hereThis map shows the highest-paying job in every state we should've been doctors Watch this US Navy ship destroy a flying drone with a laser weapon

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