Former Border Patrol “commander-at-large” Greg Bovino is being investigated for criminal charges in connection with 17 instances of “potential unlawful behavior” by federal agents during the deadly Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota.
At a news conference on Monday, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced the creation of the Transparency and Accountability project (TAP), a resource for citizens to submit evidence of potentially unlawful behavior by federal agents to her office. The project will be staffed by county prosecutors and a civilian investigator, and is already investigating 17 alleged incidents involving federal agents, according to Moriarty.
Her office is looking into at least two cases involving Bovino, she added, including a Jan. 21 incident in which Bovino was filmed throwing a smoke canister into Mueller Park and another on Jan. 7 in which agents allegedly tackled, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed observers and students while on school property at Bovino’s behest…