An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer involved in the Minnesota immigration crackdown was charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, state prosecutors announced on Thursday.
The officer, Gregory Donnell Morgan, allegedly pointed a gun at the heads of two civilians in a vehicle. Morgan was charged with one count for each victim, the Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said.
“Driving while pointing a weapon out of your moving vehicle at the victims, who were in another moving vehicle, could have led to yet another disastrous incident in a community that has already suffered too many,” she said.
The charges against Morgan mark the first time an ICE officer is facing criminal charges related to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, which drew national attention after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
The Trump administration sent 3,000 federal officers to Minnesota after Operation Metro
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