MINNEAPOLIS – Two bounty hunters seen in viral social media videos pointing weapons at protesters and firing less-lethal munitions are now facing felony charges in Hennepin County.
Garrett C. Willis, 28, and James R. Willis, 54, both of Ardmore, Oklahoma, were charged Tuesday with two felony counts each of threats of violence. If convicted on both counts, they face up to six years in prison and $13,000 in fines.
The charges stem from two incidents on March 3 in Minneapolis, as the two bounty hunters made an arrest in the Phillips West neighborhood and later dropped the person off at the Hennepin County jail downtown. Nonviolent protesters disrupted the hunters on both occasions, leading to tense confrontations…