WaPo: FBI spy planes used thermal imaging tech in flights over Baltimore after Freddie Gray unrest

WaPo: FBI spy planes used thermal imaging tech in flights over Baltimore after Freddie Gray unrest by Andrea Peterson:

In days after Baltimore burned with unrest over Freddie Gray’s death in police custody, two FBI surveillance planes circled low above the city. But they weren’t using normal cameras to capture activities on the ground.

Instead, the planes used a system with sophisticated thermal imaging and night vision capabilities, according to newly released FBI and Federal Aviation Authority documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union through a Freedom of Information Act request. And the law enforcement agency held onto the videos it took during the flights.