ICE Agent Charged With Assault After Motorists Say He Brandished Gun
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal immigration agent, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., was charged with assault by Minneapolis prosecutors for pointing a gun at motorists during a February immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.
- This case marks a rare instance of state prosecutors charging a federal agent for actions taken while on duty and is the first related to the federal 10-week operation in Minnesota.
- Hennepin County prosecutor Mary Moriarty revealed that this assault case is one of 18 incidents involving federal agents currently under investigation, with potential for more charges.
- The alleged incident involved Morgan pointing a gun at two people in a car while attempting to pass them on the shoulder of a highway in an unmarked vehicle.
- Morgan faces two counts of second-degree assault, and neither he nor the Department of Homeland Security has commented on the charges.
