A nationwide arrest warrant has been issued for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of pointing his gun at two motorists during the federal surge into Minnesota earlier this year.
Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., 35, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was charged with two felony counts of second-degree assault in Hennepin County District Court for the February incident, where prosecutors say the ICE agent pulled alongside two motorists while driving illegally on the shoulder and pointing his weapon at them, reported The Minnesota Star Tribune.
“They’re both terrified,” said Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. “Policy here would consider that some type of use of force. You can’t just point your gun.”
Morgan told a state trooper he believed the people he pointed his gun at were agitators trying to impede his SUV, but Moriarity said the evidence contradicts him.
“This is the only case that we actually know what the federal officers say,” Moriarty said. “We have their statement. We have video. This difference is that it came to us just like any other case would have.”
Moriarty's office continues to investigate the shootings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti and Julio Sosa-Celis by federal agents during President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the area, and she said the charges against Morgan might be the first anywhere in the nation related to on-duty conduct by immigration officers as part of that broad-ranging effort.