Associated Press: Assault charge for immigration officer in Colorado could test immunity provisions for federal agents

The Associated Press reports that a Colorado prosecutor has charged an immigration officer with assault after a protester was grabbed by the neck and pulled across a street. The case could test the limits of immunity of federal immigration officers.

As reported, "[a] Colorado prosecutor said [today] that the officer has been charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief following an investigation into the treatment of a protester in October."

Videos show a masked federal officer seizing a 57-year-old woman, who says she was put in a chokehold, during a protest in Durango.

Colorado is among several states to prohibit or severely limit the use of chokeholds by law enforcement.