Kudo's to the judge but the question is "will he actually do it?"
It’s not every day a federal judge tells a top law enforcement officer to strap on a camera and report to her every single night.But that’s exactly what happened in Chicago, where U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino — the face of Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” — to wear a body cam and personally check in with her at 6 p.m. each weekday.
The hearing lasted more than an hour. Ellis, calm but furious, read her restraining order line by line, forcing Bovino to acknowledge every single rule his agents broke.
“It is difficult for me to see that the force being used is necessary to stop an immediate and serious threat,” she said, her voice cutting through the courtroom.
Her words weren’t abstract. They were about real people — Chicagoans who had been tear-gassed for protesting, reporters targeted for doing their jobs, and children who thought the parade they were walking to had turned into a war zone.
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes, walking to a parade, do not pose an immediate threat,” Ellis said. “Their sense of safety was shattered.”
Bovino, known for his brash social media posts and photo ops with assault rifles, sat mostly silent. This is the same man who told CBS News, “If someone strays into a pepper ball, that’s on them. Don’t protest and don’t trespass.”
That arrogance didn’t fly with Judge Ellis.
She reminded him of his oath to defend the Constitution — not attack it. Then she hit him with orders that sent shockwaves through federal law enforcement:
Wear a body camera.
Report in person, every day, at 6 p.m.
. Turn over every report and video of force used by agents — within 24 hours.
Display visible identification on all federal agents.
“The camera is your friend,” Ellis told him. “Then it won’t just be your word.”
In other words: no more .....
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