Nick Schwellenbach
@schwellenbach.bsky.social
I'm an investigative journalist at POGO: https://www.pogo.org/about/people/nick-schwellenbach
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Encrypted email: schwellenbach@protonmail.com
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And here’s another one of these cases where the DOJ dropped charges against a person accused of assaulting a federal agent
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/veteran-arrested-ice-lawsuit-dana-briggs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/veteran-arrested-ice-lawsuit-dana-briggs
US veteran considers civil lawsuit after he was arrested and injured at anti-ICE protest
Dana Briggs, 70, had charges dropped after being accused of assaulting an agent during a protest at an Illinois ICE facility
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
And here’s another one of these cases where the DOJ dropped charges against a person accused of assaulting a federal agent
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/veteran-arrested-ice-lawsuit-dana-briggs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/veteran-arrested-ice-lawsuit-dana-briggs
yet another case that has collapsed where federal prosecutors alleged someone assaulted a Border Patrol agent where the evidence didn’t back up those charges:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Prosecutors move to drop charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol
The government had accused Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ruiz, 21, of assaulting a federal officer during an Oct. 4 incident in Chicago.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
yet another case that has collapsed where federal prosecutors alleged someone assaulted a Border Patrol agent where the evidence didn’t back up those charges:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
More here on Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who's led the operation in Chicago:
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Border Patrol agents led by Greg Bovino have used force far more often relative to assaults they've faced than anywhere else in that agency, according to a new @pogo.org & Amer. Uni. Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis of four ys of federal data
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Greg Bovino’s Border Patrol Agents Use Disproportionate Force, Data…
Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector have reported using force on other people more than three times as many times as they have faced assaults – a ratio higher than anywhere else in the agency...
www.pogo.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
More here on Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who's led the operation in Chicago:
bsky.app/profile/schw...
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