- Reason Morning Links: GOP Cold to Obama's Libya Speech, BP Officials May Be Charged With Manslaughter, Report Suggests Cheating at Improved D.C. Schools, Radley Balko, March 29, 2011
- Underage Drinkers Put on Ice, Radley Balko, March 28, 2011
- What Does It Take for a Police Officer To Get Fired?, Radley Balko, March 28, 2011
- Quote of the Day, Radley Balko, March 28, 2011
- More Reality Cop Show Shenanigans, Radley Balko, March 25, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Obama Limits Miranda Rights for Terror Suspects, ATC Tower Goes Silent, Imagining No Religion, Radley Balko, March 24, 2011
- Steven Seagal: Lawless Lawman, Radley Balko, March 23, 2011
- Bread and Circus. And Chickens. And Tanks., Radley Balko, March 23, 2011
- Fourth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity in Mistaken SWAT Raid, Radley Balko, March 23, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: New Drilling in the Gulf, the Fall of Detroit, Protesters Killed in Syria, Radley Balko, March 23, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Looming Stalemate in Libya, Yemen's Government on Verge of Collapse, First U.S. Face Transplant, Radley Balko, March 22, 2011
- Failing Upward in Criminal Justice, Radley Balko, April 2011
- How Drug Cops Go Bad, Radley Balko, March 21, 2011
- This Week in Innocence, Radley Balko, March 21, 2011
- Your Latest Forensics Scandal: The U.S. Army, Radley Balko, March 21, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: More Bombing in Libya, China Blocks Gmail, Egypt Votes, Radley Balko, March 21, 2011
- Distracted Moving, Radley Balko, May 2011
- Death Penalty, RIP, Radley Balko, May 2011
- Briefly Noted: HealCam, Radley Balko, May 2011
- In Which a Civil Libertarian Praises the DEA, Radley Balko, March 17, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Nuclear Crisis Worsens in Japan, White House Wants Air Strikes in Libya, Americans Live Longer Than Ever, Radley Balko, March 17, 2011
- This Week in Free Speech, Radley Balko, March 16, 2011
- Another Isolated Incident, Radley Balko, March 16, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: More Nuclear Problems in Japan, GOP Looks To Slash NPR Funding, White House Pushes Web Privacy, Radley Balko, March 16, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Meltdown Threat in Japan, Mideast Clash Over Bahrain, Gadaffi Forces Gaining Ground, Radley Balko, March 15, 2011
- No Protection for Police Whistle Blowers, Ct'd..., Radley Balko, March 14, 2011
- Getting Forensics Right, Radley Balko, March 14, 2011
- D.C. Area Reasonoids: Come Hear Radley Balko Speak on Forensics This Wednesday Evening, Radley Balko, March 14, 2011
- More on the Supreme Court and DNA Testing, Radley Balko, March 11, 2011
- DA Issues Report on the Eurie Stamps Raid: Cop Who Killed Unarmed, 68-Year-Man Tripped, Accidentally Fired His Gun, Radley Balko, March 10, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Union Bill Passes Wisconsin Senate, Illinois Bans the Death Penalty, Dalai Lama Calls It Quits, Radley Balko, March 10, 2011
- Prison Rape: Still a Problem. Government: Still Not All That Concerned About It., Radley Balko, March 9, 2011
- SWAT Officer Killed By Non-Lethal Flashbang Grenade, Radley Balko, March 9, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: More Shelling in Libya, King Defends I.R.A., Illinois Bans the Death Penalty, Radley Balko, March 9, 2011
- Tennessee Cops Posed as a Defense Attorney To Get Suspect To Incriminate Himself, Radley Balko, March 8, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Gitmo Trials To Resume, Ensign Retires, New Government in Egypt, Radley Balko, March 8, 2011
- Leviathan's Lawyers, Radley Balko, March 7, 2011
- Police Raid Roundup, Radley Balko, March 5, 2011
- Briefly Noted: DIY Exoneration, Radley Balko, March 2011
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Chivalry
Is DeadWas Murdered by Zero Tolerance, Radley Balko, March 4, 2011 - An Update on Citizens-Recording-Cops Cases in New Haven, Radley Balko, March 4, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Public Union-Busting Bill in Ohio, New Charges for Manning, Obama Meets With Calderon, Radley Balko, March 3, 2011
- Video Gamers Take on a Cable News Critic, Radley Balko, March 2, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Libyan Rebels Want Air Strikes, Congress Funds the Government for Two More Weeks, Pope Exonerates the Jews, Radley Balko, March 2, 2011
- Jurors Acquit Suspect, Then Give Him Their Jury Pay, Radley Balko, March 1, 2011
- Bell, California, Police Memo Outlines Rules for Motorist Baseball, Radley Balko, March 1, 2011
- Mayor Orders Code Inspectors to Home of Blogger Critic, Radley Balko, March 1, 2011
- Reason Morning Links: Libyan Rebels Hold, Possible Government Shutdown, Ted Kennedy's Chilean Adventure, Radley Balko, March 1, 2011
- Brian Aitken’s Mistake, Radley Balko, March 2011
- Update on the Kochs and the ACLU, Radley Balko, February 28, 2011
Reason Magazine
Radley Balko
Contributing Editor
Radley Balko is a contributing editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com.
Previously, Balko was a policy analyst for the Cato Institute specializing in civil liberties issues, where he published a paper on alcohol policy and a groundbreaking study on paramilitary police raids.
He has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Time, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Slate, Forbes, ESPN, the National Post, Worth and numerous other publications. Balko has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and NPR. From 2002 until 2009 he was a columnist for FoxNews.com.
Balko's work on paramilitary raids and the overuse of SWAT teams was featured by John Tierney in The New York Times, has been praised by outlets ranging from Human Events to the Daily Kos, and was cited by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's dissent in the case Hudson v. Michigan.
Balko is also credited with bringing national attention to the case of Cory Maye, a black man who prior to Balko's work was on death row in Mississippi for shooting and killing a white police officer during a raid on Maye's home. Balko's Reason feature on Maye was also cited in an opinion by the Mississippi State Supreme Court. National Journal also profiled Balko's coverage of the case. Balko's November 2007 investigative report on Mississippi medical examiner Steven Hayne and his May 2008 report on the wrongful prosecution of the Colomb family in Louisiana each won second place in the investigative reporting category at the Los Angeles Press Club awards. His April 2009 feature on fraudulent forensic evidence in the Louisiana murder trial of Jimmie Duncan won the Western Publications Association "Maggie" award for best news story.
Balko publishes the personal blog, TheAgitator.com. He graduated from Indiana University in 1997 with a degree in journalism and political science.
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