Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday that the Evanston Police Department was among several local police departments and county prosecutors that will receive the findings of a months-long compilation of alleged federal agent misconduct during Operation Midway Blitz last fall.

In a press conference Thursday in Chicago, the Illinois Accountability Commission formally released its 204-page document outlining key findings and “substantial evidence” that federal agents who participated in Operation Midway Blitz may have committed crimes throughout the fall, including in Evanston on Oct. 31.

In a separate 19-page brief released on Thursday, the IAC outlines its findings regarding the Halloween federal surge in Evanston. It culminated in a clash between bystanders and federal agents at Oakton Street and Asbury Avenue in which three U.S. citizens were detained following a car crash involving federal agents.

The citizens were ultimately released and not charged, but testimony from one Evanston resident, Jennifer Moriarty, played a key role in the IAC’s collection of evidence for the Evanston incident, one of 13 unique briefs submitted to the governor’s office alongside the full report.

Former U.S. Judge Rubén Castillo, appointed by Pritzker to lead the commission, slammed Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke Thursday, calling out what he described as “excuses” for not charging federal agents with crimes, and urging her and other prosecutors to investigate and charge agents who violated laws on the streets of Illinois.

Castillo called on O’Neill Burke to “step aside and let a special prosecutor come in and do what needs to be done” if she was unwilling to consider the evidence brought forth by the IAC.

O’Neill Burke has previously pushed back on calls to charge federal agents, saying it would violate the law.

In its report, the IAC names three federal agents, Timothy Donahue, Thomas Parsons and Edward Maxa, as participating in a “brutal attack … without apparent justification” on people in Evanston that afternoon.

The report alleges key findings to prompt investigations include use of force and chemical weapons on protesters.

“Based on the information it has gathered, the Commission has determined that there is reasonable cause to believe that federal agents should be formally investigated for possible violations of agency policy, state and federal criminal laws, and individuals’ constitutional rights,” the IAC said of the Evanston incident, listing nine instances of alleged misconduct, including assault, reckless driving, threatening acts, denial of medical care and causing a car accident.

At the time of the incident, in which 27-year-old Marcello Africano was thrown to the ground and punched in the head repeatedly by Parsons before being detained and later released, the Department of Homeland Security justified the strikes, alleging Africano had grabbed the agent’s genitals. DHS also alleged that the car crash was caused by protesters, not federal agents. Eyewitness testimony disputed those claims.

The IAC said the video it reviewed did not substantiate DHS’s allegations, calling the force used by Parsons as unjustified, and describing the chokehold Africano was placed in, potentially “deadly.”

The IAC does not list specific alleged crimes, but alleges federal agents used “excessive force” during their raid in Evanston and Pritzker urged prosecutors and police departments to investigate.

“The referral is not intended to say ‘you must prosecute,” the governor said Thursday, flanked by members of the IAC and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. “It is a set of evidence that is saying ‘you should be investigating.’”

The Evanston Police Department, in a statement Thursday, said Evanston Police Chief Schenita Stewart is “out of town and has not had an opportunity to review” the report.

It’s unclear whether Evanston police will pursue charges against the agents named in the report, though approving charges and prospecting agents would ultimately be up to O’Neill Burke or a special prosecutor, should one be appointed.

The IAC’s full report, in referencing the Evanston incident, says the “commission has determined it has reasonable cause to believe that Agent Donahue’s forcible extraction of the driver does not comport with standard law enforcement practice,” and lists Donahue’s and Parson’s use of “physical force against Africano without justification”

The IAC also lists a moment when Donahue is seen pulling his firearm and pointing it at a bystander, threatening to shoot them and said he used “unreasonable force in arresting Moriarty.”

Also listed is Maxa’s “use of pepper spray within inches of Goodwill’s face” as unjustified.

Pritzker said he did not want to prejudge potential crimes and said its ultimately up to a jury to decide whether crimes were committed, but said “responsible public servants” should take the evidence before them and investigate.

“Without accountability … our laws are merely suggestions,” Pritzker said.

Castillo said it was his opinion that “plenty of stuff that can be prosecuted” in the IAC’s findings and chalked up prosecuting agents as a matter of will, adding that he felt prosecuting the alleged actions by agents was “Not that hard as far as I’m concerned.”

“All I hear are a bunch of excuses,” Castillo said.

The incident in Evanston was previously referred to the FBI, according to the city, though it was not clear who the FBI was investigating.