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Gregory Bovino: “Our agents are being violently assaulted by agitators and…”

Featuring: Gregory Bovino, Commander-at-Large, United States Border Patrol | National

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Published | Video Starts at 21:24

It's called the minimum use of force necessary to either affect an arrest and, and, or accomplish a mission. So we did that. Whether or not that ruling was in effect, we still did that yesterday. Our agents are being violently assaulted by agitators and anarchists. And the use of that less lethal is something that I always call more than exemplary. A great use of force yesterday to keep agitators or patrol agents and the public safe. (21:24–21:29)

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