At least six sniper teams, an elite Border Patrol unit and a FBI surveillance aircraft were deployed at George Floyd's Texas burial, records show. Records show officials had placed snipers on rooftops at his burial and called in 66 members of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC). At least six sniper teams, an elite Border Patrol unit and a FBI surveillance aircraft were deployed at George Floyd's Texas burial, records show. Hundreds of people, some chanting, 'Say his name, George Floyd,' gathered along the procession route and outside the cemetery entrance. Floyd's family attorney, Ben Crump, told Vice they were not told sniper units or CBP agents would be at the burial.

Source: Daily Mail October 01, 2020 23:02 UTC