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ICE officer indicted over Houston vehicle strike, USA TODAY reports

Dashcam and surveillance footage accompany prosecutors' account of the collision, while ICE calls the indictment a "political stunt."

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ICE officer who struck man with vehicle indicted for aggravated assault

An ICE officer has been indicted on a charge of second-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after striking a man with a vehicle in Houston, USA TODAY reports.

The report pairs dashcam footage with parking-lot surveillance video showing the vehicle pursuing a person on foot and hitting him. The collision occurred on October 10; the upload includes Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare's remarks from October 30.

Teare says the officer intentionally steered into Miguel Parra-Hernandez and ran over both his legs. Footage of the aftermath shows the injured man lying on the pavement, groaning.

The officer gives a different account during a call to emergency services: "I tried to get around him, and uh he hit my car." Later, standing beside the injured man, he tells the dispatcher: "He's fine, he's just complaining of pain."

In its accompanying press-conference coverage, USA TODAY reports Teare saying Parra-Hernandez had no criminal history, deportation order or immigration proceedings at the time of the collision. The officer could face two to twenty years in prison if convicted, according to that report.

ICE disputes the prosecution. In a statement to USA TODAY, an agency spokesperson called the indictment a "political stunt" and said local government lacked authority to investigate the case.

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