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Feds Reportedly Sent a Predator Drone to Spy on LA Protesters
The government is busting out the big guns to surveil protesters, according to trackers.
One aircraft with no callsign, making it initially difficult to determine its model or which agency it belongs to, flew above the areas of the protests in Paramount and downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. The existence of the drone appears to have been confirmed by an aviation tracking enthusiast, “Aeroscout,” who came across air traffic control audio that largely corroborates the vehicle’s presence during the protests and riots. Predictably, the police-state style tactics have inspired significant criticism, including from LA Mayor Karen Bass, who said that her city was being used as a “test case” for future authoritarian operations.
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