Golden Badge

07/17/2022

Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

06/21/2022

We’re a little late sharing this news story, but not to honor Mr. Buckner. Job well done. Rest In Power.

Oris Buckner III, a former New Orleans Police Department officer who broke ranks in the early 1980's to help convict three other detectives for brutalizing residents in the notorious “Algiers

06/10/2022

Yet, Golden Badge members typically go without supportive court rulings. As for rights violating officers . . .

“The consequences of the court’s drive-by, categorical assertion will be severe,” Sotomayor wrote. “Absent intervention by Congress, CBP agents are now absolutely immunized from liability in any Bivens action for damages, no matter how egregious the misconduct or resultant injury.”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against the owner of the “aptly named” Smuggler’s Inn in his quest to sue a Border Patrol agent for allegedly roughing him up and then retaliating against him for reporting the incident.

06/09/2022

There is such a lack of accountability for federal law enforcement, it’s no wonder agents are willing to misuse authority.