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Government lawyers told a judge in January there was an open criminal investigation into Mr Exum

Federal immigration agents were conducting a compliance check according to Cory Burleson a Justice Department lawyer

Federal immigration agents had been patrolling in Chicago for over a month as part of Operation Midway Blitz when Ms Martinez saw a silver Chevrolet SUV that she assumed belonged to immigration agents

U S Magistrate Judge Joel Richlin said he could understand how it's quite scary from Mr Longoria's perspective after viewing the video filmed from inside the truck

Cory Burleson said he knew of no evidence showing officers had been hurt during their interaction with Mr Longoria

Prosecutors were unable to support the DHS description of events when they took the case to court

Officers detained Mr Longoria and charged him with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon a crime that can carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years

Mr Longoria remained in an immigration detention center until December when a judge ordered him released on bond

Two officers who shot Mr Pretti were placed on leave

Lawyers who investigate police misconduct said consistently filing charges against people shot by officers can be a sign of abusive practices

Ms McLaughlin referred questions about the four cases where charges were brought and later dropped or dismissed to the Justice Department which declined to comment

Two cases are going to trial in April

Five defendants have denied aspects of D H S accusations or presented differing accounts in court

Charges against six other people shot at by immigration agents are pending

Officers began smashing both front windows within about 30 seconds of approaching Mr Longoria's car according to videos

Officers in unmarked cars directed Mr Longoria to pull over

Mr Longoria's son and daughter's fiancé filmed the encounter on their cellphones

A surveillance camera captured the encounter at a nearby business

She also defended the charges brought by the government after violent encounters

Around 8:45 am on Aug 16 Francisco Longoria was driving a pickup truck in San Bernardino Calif after making a delivery for his party supply rental business when he