A federal agent shot last year in New Orleans after police say he pointed a laser-sighted gun in the direction of a uniformed Louisiana State Police trooper has been cleared of a hate crime charged filed against him.
Prosecutors dropped the charge against 44-year-old Ronald Martin, of Fort Knox, Kentucky.
However, Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office spokesman Ken Daley said the office will continue to press the remaining charges, including aggravated assault upon a police officer with a firearm.
Martin's attorney, Elizabeth Carpenter, says Martin wasn't intentionally pointing his gun at anyone.
Daley said the charge was dropped after the DA's office could not prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Martin intentionally pointed his laser-equipped gun at the trooper in December.
