Federal Agencies Conduct Widespread Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters

During the 2020 George Floyd protests, the FBI, DHS, DEA, and CBP conducted surveillance of protest activity. The DEA was temporarily given authority to conduct covert surveillance of protesters. CBP flew Predator drones over Minneapolis. ACLU lawsuits documented fusion center intelligence sharing on protesters. Internal FOIA documents showed agents monitoring individuals' social media and physical movements at Black Lives Matter demonstrations.