Border Patrol Snipers Were Authorized to Use Deadly Force at George Floyd’s Burial

Oct 1 2020 by VICE News

 

With hundreds of mourners planning to gather in Pearland, Texas, on June 9 for the burial of George Floyd, local and federal authorities braced for “rioting and looting” in the Houston suburb — and they were willing to use deadly force.

As a horse-drawn carriage took Floyd’s body to its final resting place in Pearland’s Houston Memorial Gardens cemetery, planning  records show that at least six “sniper teams” were in place on rooftops and authorized to open fire if the...

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