In the meantime, a US Customs and Border Protection drone flew to Minneapolis on Friday to provide live video to law enforcement on the ground, as protests continued and buildings burned, according to a senior CBP spokesperson.
The agency deployed the unmanned aircraft to help provide "situational awareness" for federal law enforcement partners in Minneapolis, according to the spokesperson. CBP would not specify which agency had asked for the aircraft to be deployed.
Civil rights and government oversight groups raised alarms after the aircraft was discovered circling Minneapolis earlier in the day.
The drone flight came in the wake of protests Thursday night in Minneapolis and some other cities around the country. The protesters were demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, who died Monday in Minneapolis after pleading for help as a police officer pinned him to the ground. There have been multiple protests with looting, fires and other property damage in the city.
