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(NewsNation) — A elder Border Patrol authoritative accused of throwing teardrop state canisters during an migration enforcement cognition successful Chicago is owed successful tribunal Tuesday.
A tribunal filing includes a photograph of Gregory Bovino throwing what appears to beryllium a teardrop state canister toward protesters successful Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. A protester filmed the incident, and attorneys allege Bovino appears to propulsion either 1 oregon 2 teardrop state canisters implicit the heads of national agents successful beforehand of him and successful the absorption of a assemblage of demonstrators.
Department of Homeland Security officials said Bovino threw the canister aft protesters became convulsive and threw rocks, fireworks and different objects astatine agents. A spokesperson said Bovino was struck successful the caput with a rock.
Community members said a informing was ne'er given.
A photograph taken from video changeable by a protester seems to amusement Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino tossing a canister of a chemic cause during an brushwood with protesters successful Chicago. (Federal Court filing)Agents ordered to deterioration assemblage cameras successful Chicago area
Earlier this month, a justice ordered uniformed migration agents successful Illinois to wear assemblage cameras, the latest measurement successful a suit brought by quality outlets and protesters accusing national agents of utilizing excessive force, including teardrop gas, during protests against migration operations.
Bovino is main of the Border Patrol assemblage successful El Centro, California, 1 of 9 sectors connected the Mexican border. He is besides accused of violating the judge’s temporary restraining order, nether which national agents were barred from utilizing riot power methods specified arsenic teardrop state unless determination is an imminent threat.
Judge Sara Ellis has requested to spot the body-camera footage from the incidents past week arsenic portion of Bovino’s deposition. She besides reminded national agents to sphere their assemblage camera video.
Force by national officers is 'exempliary': Bovino
Bovino has overseen the Trump administration's migration enforcement effort successful Illinois, known arsenic "Operation Midway Blitz," which began Sept. 7. In an interrogation with CBS News connected Thursday, Bovino said much than 2,700 arrests person been made during the effort.
In the interview, Bovino defended the usage of unit by national officers, calling it "exempliary," which helium defined arsenic "the slightest magnitude of unit indispensable to execute the mission."
Bovino added that, to his knowledge, nary national agents oregon officers are nether probe for, oregon person been disciplined, for their usage of unit against protesters oregon others who person engaged with national officers during the operation.
NewsNation's Jeff Arnold and Mills Hayes contributed to this report.
