Mary Moriarty announced the charges Thursday, alleging Gregory Donnell Morgan, Jr., an ICE agent, committed second-degree assault during a February roadside confrontation, as local authorities continue broader investigations into federal law enforcement conduct in Hennepin County.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — At a March 4 meeting of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission , members learned that Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her’s administration is denying their request for an independent investigation into the police response during the November 25 federal immigration operation on Rose Avenue. The civilian oversight commission requested that an independent investigator be hired to review the actions of the Saint Paul Police Department during the operation. The incident...

After weeks of federal resistance and blocked access to evidence, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says she will make one of the most consequential decisions of her tenure before her term ends at the end of the year: whether to charge federal agents in the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Advocates, though, say she doesn’t need to wait. “It certainly will be before the end of my term that we will make a decision,” Moriarty said. But what happens after that is far less...