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

A 70-year-old air force veteran who had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer as he protested an ICE raid has told the Guardian he is now considering a civil lawsuit after all charges against him were dropped.

The US Department of Justice moved to dismiss all charges against Dana Briggs, who had been charged despite a video of the incident, which showed masked Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents advancing on the elderly veteran and knocking him over.