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BALTIMORE — The FBI has admitted to flying secret spy planes over Baltimore looking\u00a0for new outbreaks of violence during the riots, an FBI spokeswoman said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe aircraft were specifically used to assist in providing high-altitude observation of potential criminal activity to enable rapid response by police officers on the ground,\u201d said spokeswoman Amy Thoreson. \u201cThe FBI aircraft were not there to monitor lawfully protected First Amendment activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

A citizen-based investigation into their mission then got underway, beginning with a tweet on Saturday May 2 from Scan Baltimore<\/a>, which streams police radio transmissions.\u00a0It wrote: \u2018Anyone know who has been flying the light plane in circles above the city for the last few nights?\u2019<\/p>\n

Looting and fires erupted in the streets on April 27 only hours after Gray’s funeral.\u00a0Exactly what type of aircraft they used was not disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE — The FBI has admitted to flying secret spy planes over Baltimore looking\u00a0for new outbreaks of violence during the riots, an FBI spokeswoman said Wednesday. \u201cThe aircraft were specifically used to assist in providing high-altitude observation of potential criminal activity to enable rapid response by police officers on the ground,\u201d said spokeswoman Amy Thoreson. 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