!nottheonion@lemmy.world

Controversy over the Combat Infantryman Badge swirled last month following a CBS News investigation that revealed Nehls’ (R-Texas) Combat Infantryman Badge was rescinded in 2023.

He got the badge, but it was revoked.

“A recipient must be personally present and under hostile fire while serving in an assigned infantry or SF primary duty in a unit actively engaged in ground combat with the enemy,” Army regulations stipulate.

“Personnel with other than an infantry or SF MOS [Special Forces Military Occupational Specialty] are not eligible, regardless of the circumstances.”

During the time of his service, the Lone Star rep was working as a civil affairs officer rather than an infantryman or Special Forces soldier, according to CBS.

So he was working in an office, not in combat, but thinks he ‘deserves’ to wear the combat badge anyway.

Classic example of selfish stupidity right there.

On hand at the launch (of The Institute at Ben-Gurion University), according to coverage, were officials from global firms like Microsoft and General Motors, as well as top-tier Israeli politicians, like Herzog, the president. (A spokesperson for GM told The Intercept they could not confirm the company’s attendance.)

An American auto maker showing up at the opening of a secretive cyberspying training academy in Israel is concerning.

My own city’s oversight board (that includes civilians) is essentiallly the same - no bite and little bark.

Last year, a woman in Albany, N.Y., filed a complaint with the civilian board responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct by the city’s police: She believed officers had not thoroughly investigated her claim that the father of her 3-year-old daughter had sexually assaulted the girl.

But when the board asked the Albany Police Department for a copy of the case file and issued subpoenas to compel the investigators to answer questions, the police refused to cooperate. Releasing investigative files, they argued, could endanger victims, according to internal emails.

Eric Hawkins, the police chief, also told the board that he would not allow officers or detectives to cooperate with any of the panel’s investigations because forcing officers to respond to subpoenas would violate the police union’s contract, according to a lawsuit the board filed against the Police Department.

The resistance to the Albany board’s demands is emblematic of the struggles such panels continue to face across the United States, decades after being created to increase police accountability.

JFC already! Then give the civilian oversight committees a mouthful of big sharp teeth so they can force these assholes to be accountable to anyone but themselves!!!

F U CK sakes already!

ACAB x 10,000

Dumb duh dumb dumb duh!

Whelp, had to happen sometime.

Patent trolls rank right up there with private equity firms that own massive amounts of housing. Scum of the earth right here.

You’re right. The GOP is bonkers at this point.

Speeding towards a 21st century version of American civil war doesn’t seem the smartest thing to do. 🙄

I don’t understand why there aren’t term limits across the board either. Some Congress wo/men have been there for decades ffs!