Federal agent charged with assault and criminal mischief in Colorado

A federal immigration agent is facing charges in Colorado for an incident captured on film that showed the masked officer grabbing a female protester by the hair, placing her in a chokehold and shoving her to the ground.

Sean Murray, a district attorney, announced on Tuesday he had decided to charge Nicholas Rice, a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, with assault in the third degree and criminal mischief.

The development comes nearly six months after the incident in the college town of Durango, which took place amid protests over the detention of a family of Columbian asylum seekers. Agents had