The parents of deceased Border Patrol Agent Isaiah Hodgson said on Monday that they believe public backlash drove their son to a dark place that resulted in him fatally overdosing earlier this year.
Hodgson became a lightning rod of controversy this summer when he was filmed participating in the rough arrest of a U.S. citizen who authorities allege interfered with a roving group of Border Patrol agents.
Weeks later, that controversy intensified when Hodgson was accused of drunkenly pulling his gun out at a Long Beach restaurant and brawling with the local police who showed up to arrest him…