Federal public defenders want recently demoted Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to come to Charlotte to testify in the case of a U.S. citizen who was chased, arrested and charged with a federal crime after he took photos and videos of immigration agents in November.
Defense attorney John Parke Davis said Bovino “personally authorized” agents to chase Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez before they crashed into him. Martinez is a Charlotte man who followed agents to a few locations along North Tryon Street on Nov. 16.
Martinez was practicing “citizen journalism,” Davis said. He drove away when agents tried to get him to engage in a “voluntary stop.”…