The decision supports the notion that victims are entitled to recourse when the state retaliates against people for their words. But that recourse is still not guaranteed.
A federal agent was illegally arrested in 2019 after criticizing a Louisiana sheriff’s office’s investigation of a still-unsolved shooting death, a federal judge has ruled.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A federal agent was illegally arrested in 2019 after criticizing a Louisiana sheriff's office's investigation of a still-unsolved shooting death, a federal judge has ruled. Jerry Rogers Jr.
In response to a request for comment, the Sheriff's Office called the motion for summary judgment a routine pleading that it would oppose "at the appropriate time."