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Radley Balko 
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Radley Balko is a senior 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 is a columnist for FoxNews.com and has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Time, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Slate, Forbes, National Post, Worth and numerous other publications. Balko has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and NPR.
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 publishes the personal blog, TheAgitator.com. He graduated from Indiana University in 1997 with a degree in journalism and political science.
Contributions | Hit & Run Posts
- Joe Alston, Top Fibby, Badminton Champ: RIP, Radley Balko, May 9, 2008, 9:15am
- Back to Atlanta, Radley Balko, May 9, 2008, 8:57am
- Tracy Ingle's Website, Radley Balko, May 8, 2008, 1:14pm
- I'll Need to See Your Permit, Radley Balko, May 7, 2008, 12:54pm
- Tracy Ingle: Another Drug War Outrage, Radley Balko, May 7, 2008, 10:45am
- Bush, Lies, and Retarded Monkeys, Radley Balko, May 6, 2008, 12:17pm
- Galt's Gulch & Trust, Radley Balko, May 6, 2008, 9:12am
- Should Prosecutors Who Withhold Exculpatory Evidence Face Criminal Charges?, Radley Balko, May 5, 2008, 12:28pm
- Giving Them the Rope to Hang Themselves, Radley Balko, May 5, 2008, 10:32am
- Updates in Mississippi, Radley Balko, May 5, 2008, 10:17am
- Drug Raid/Self-Defense Case Brewing in Columbus, Ohio, Radley Balko, May 4, 2008, 11:45am
- Oliver Diaz, Jr., Radley Balko, May 4, 2008, 8:50am
- Another Isolated Incident, Radley Balko, May 3, 2008, 9:47am
- Compensate Much?, Radley Balko, May 2, 2008, 8:32am
- And Don't Even Ask About Purple Nurples and Wet Willies, Radley Balko, May 1, 2008, 11:24am
- "You Bet I Did, and I Enjoyed It. And I'll Slap Cuffs on Anyone Who Enjoyed It as Much as I Did.", Radley Balko, April 30, 2008, 8:26am
- Another Isolated Incident, Radley Balko, April 29, 2008, 8:03am
- There Oughtta Be...a New Congressman, Radley Balko, April 28, 2008, 4:37pm
- Jackson's Clarion-Ledger Confronts Dr. Hayne, Radley Balko, April 28, 2008, 10:40am
- Criminal Justice Roundup, Radley Balko, April 23, 2008, 5:03pm
- The Host Whisperer, Radley Balko, April 23, 2008, 2:27pm
- Con Law for Nurse Legislators, Radley Balko, April 23, 2008, 1:29pm
- Erase Your Porn, Radley Balko, April 23, 2008, 10:55am
- No Boobs on Base. Except When Paul Broun Visits., Radley Balko, April 22, 2008, 3:01pm
- Akron, Too, Radley Balko, April 21, 2008, 3:27pm
- Now Playing in Memphis: Martial Law Lite!, Radley Balko, April 21, 2008, 2:13pm
- Debating CSPI, Radley Balko, April 21, 2008, 1:24pm
- Big Love and Big Government, Radley Balko, April 18, 2008, 12:46pm
- Ben Stein's Next Movie, Radley Balko, April 17, 2008, 9:17pm
- Update on the Jefferson Memorial Arrest, Radley Balko, April 17, 2008, 2:27pm
- Do Drug Offenders Have the Right to Home Protection?, Radley Balko, April 17, 2008, 1:20pm
- Red Meat for H&R Commenters, Radley Balko, April 17, 2008, 12:56pm
- Good News in Mississippi?, Radley Balko, April 15, 2008, 11:34am
- John Walters Just Got an Erection, Radley Balko, April 15, 2008, 9:07am
- Urban Dance Squad, Radley Balko, April 14, 2008, 11:25am
- The Case of Henry Moses: Another Dr. Hayne Debacle, Radley Balko, April 13, 2008, 6:56pm
- Weirdness in Wecht Trial Continues, Radley Balko, April 11, 2008, 10:17am
- Mary's Buggin', Radley Balko, April 10, 2008, 5:17pm
- Hayne Responds, Radley Balko, April 9, 2008, 10:10am
- Innocence Project Files Complaint to Revoke Dr. Hayne's Medical License, Radley Balko, April 8, 2008, 4:36pm
- California Punishes Wrongfully Convicted Man a Second Time, Radley Balko, April 8, 2008, 4:18pm
- Petty Tyranny in California, Radley Balko, April 8, 2008, 9:14am
- Quotable, Radley Balko, April 7, 2008, 3:30pm
- Your Papers, Please, Radley Balko, April 7, 2008, 10:20am
- More Poker Hearings, Radley Balko, April 3, 2008, 3:27pm
- I Blame Gay Marriage, Radley Balko, April 3, 2008, 7:44am
- Good Mornin' Mississippi, Radley Balko, April 2, 2008, 3:20pm
- "Dude, I'm Going To Be So Diabetic in the Morning", Radley Balko, April 1, 2008, 9:37am
- Former Mississippi Official Calls for Overhaul of Autopsy System, Radley Balko, March 31, 2008, 1:24pm
- Chesapeake Police Chief Retires, Radley Balko, March 30, 2008, 4:46pm