Militarization of Police

• Cato Relaunches Police Misconduct Tracker, Assuring Regular Online Diet of Face-Stomping, Groin-Crushing ‘Professionalism’, Scott Shackford, May 22, 2012
• Reason TV: Outraged Fullerton citizens react to Kelly Thomas beating tape, Paul Detrick, May 16, 2012
• Husband of Sunday School Teacher Killed by Culpeper Cop Files $5 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Mike Riggs, May 15, 2012
• Why Did a Culpeper Cop Kill a Retired Sunday School Teacher in a Church Parking Lot? [UPDATED], Mike Riggs, May 14, 2012
• Maricopa County SWAT Team Thrills Awful Fox News Reporter, Lucy Steigerwald, May 8, 2012
• Putin Press Secretary: “Protesters who hurt riot police should have their livers smeared on the asphalt”, Ed Krayewski, May 8, 2012
• "Local police boost arsenals with free military weapons": What Could Possibly Go Wrong?, Nick Gillespie, May 8, 2012
• Tim Cavanaugh Talks Tasers, Deaths in Custody with RT, May 7, 2012
• 'No Fly Zone' Over Chicago for NATO Summit, Ed Krayewski, May 2, 2012
• British Army Deploying Surface to Air Missiles on Residential Rooftops for London Olympics, Ed Krayewski, April 30, 2012
• Victim of Warrantless, Wrong-Door Raid: “I’m not the same person”, Mike Riggs, April 27, 2012
• Lawyer for Anti-Illegal Immigrant Group Gets SWAT Raid for Son's Graffiti, But He's Still Not Worried About Law Enforcement Excess, Lucy Steigerwald, April 25, 2012
• How and Why a Campus Cop at UC Davis Viciously Pepper-Sprayed a Group of Passive College Kids, Mike Riggs, April 12, 2012
• Washington State Reporter Wears Bulletproof Vest, Thinks SWAT Narcotics Raid is Totally Awesome, Lucy Steigerwald, March 30, 2012
• Newspaper Lead of the Month: “Orange County deputies will now be trained to weigh the risk to the public before opening fire.”, Mike Riggs, March 12, 2012
• New Orleans Police Kill Unarmed Man During Pot Raid, Jacob Sullum, March 9, 2012
• Updates and a Civil Suit From That 2011 Maricopa County SWAT Raid Starring Steven Seagal, Lucy Steigerwald, March 8, 2012
• Who Started That Deadly Shootout in Ogden?, Jacob Sullum, February 29, 2012
• Colorado Medical Marijuana Users Got the Full SWAT Treatment Because of Their Legal Plants, Lucy Steigerwald, February 28, 2012
• Cop Shoots Dog: Three Stories to Wreck An Animal Lover's Day, Mike Riggs, February 28, 2012
• Report Finds Police Did Not Deceive Public in Fatal Kelly Thomas Beating, Paul Detrick, February 22, 2012
• Maryland Cops Conduct Drug Raid for $829 Worth of Pot, Mike Riggs, February 7, 2012
• Fourth Circuit Says Government Needs More Proof of Link Between Drug Use and Gun Violence, Brian Doherty, January 24, 2012
• Melbourne Police Kick, Punch, and Taser a 66-Year-Old Man With Dementia, Mike Riggs, January 16, 2012
• Reason TV: Who's Lethal? Police or Tasers, Paul Detrick, January 12, 2012
• The Death of a Utah Police Officer During a Drug Raid Makes a Few Cops Consider Changing Raid Tactics, Lucy Steigerwald, January 11, 2012
• L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Punches Special Needs Woman in the Face, Mike Riggs, January 11, 2012
• One Cop Killed, Five More Injured in Utah Drug Raid, Lucy Steigerwald, January 6, 2012
• Reason.tv's Best Viral Videos of 2011: Remy, Peter Schiff, Two Girls and One Jobs Program & More, Meredith Bragg & Nick Gillespie, December 30, 2011
• Ben Nelson Quits, Stratfor Spins Hack, Brees Breaks Record, and More: Reason PM Links, Tim Cavanaugh, December 27, 2011
• Lee County Deputies Tied Suspect to a Chair, Gagged Him, and Pepper-Sprayed Him to Death, Mike Riggs, December 23, 2011
• "Film the Police" Rap Video Contains Better Advice Than Most Rap Videos, Lucy Steigerwald, December 13, 2011
• Criminals Disguised as Cops Raid Illegal Gaming Establishment, Lucy Steigerwald, December 9, 2011
• Judge: Using Helicopters, National Guard, and New Mexico State Police to Raid 72-Year-Old Man's House Was "Excessive", Mike Riggs, December 7, 2011
• Property-Is-Theft Movement’s Property Destroyed, Tim Cavanaugh, December 5, 2011
• More Reporting On the How and the Why of Police Militarization, Lucy Steigerwald, December 5, 2011
• Dog Bites Man: What Sounds Like an Everyday Narcotics SWAT Raid, Lucy Steigerwald, November 30, 2011
• Michael Bloomberg: "I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world.", Mike Riggs, November 30, 2011
• Occupy L.A. Gets a Reprieve, Poet Laureate Gets Clubbed, Tim Cavanaugh, November 28, 2011
• Citizen Journalist Demonstrates How to Stand Up to NYPD, Lucy Steigerwald, November 23, 2011
• Subjects of Missouri Drug Raid That Went Viral Have Their Civil Suit Dismissed, Lucy Steigerwald, November 22, 2011
• Reason Morning Links: Bradley Manning Will Get His Day in Court, Rick Perry Would Declare Libya on Syria, Pregnant Woman Pepper-Sprayed at Occupy Seattle Has Miscarried, Mike Riggs, November 22, 2011
• New Video of Police Brutality at Occupy Oakland, Lucy Steigerwald, November 19, 2011
• Meet, Heckle Tim Cavanaugh at UCLA Tonight, November 17, 2011
• Occupy Wall Street Response Suddenly Causes Middle Class White People to See Law Enforcement In New Light, Mike Riggs, November 17, 2011
• The Militarization of Police is More Than Just Weapons and Tactics, Lucy Steigerwald, November 8, 2011
• Reason Morning Links: Liberal Blogger Admits Cash for Clunkers Did Little to Nothing, "Fat Cats" Get Fatter Under Obama, White House Denies Existence of UFOs, Mike Riggs, November 7, 2011
• Reason Morning Links: Herman Cain Camp Denies Sexual Harassment Charges, NYPD Ticket-Fixing Scandal Gets Bigger, White House Responds to Pot Petition, Mike Riggs, October 31, 2011
• Watch a Cop Lob a Flash Grenade Into a Group of Occupy Oakland Protesters Trying to Help a Seriously Injured Man, Matt Welch, October 27, 2011
• An Iraq War Veteran is in Critical Condition After Occupy Oakland Scuffles, Police Won't Confirm What Weapons They Used, Lucy Steigerwald, October 26, 2011
• Policing is Too Important to be Left to the Government: Economist Ed Stringham, Meredith Bragg & Matt Welch, October 26, 2011
• DC Metro Cops Who Attack Wheelchair-Bound Boozer Get Off, Nick Gillespie, October 24, 2011
• 9th Circut Taser Decision Could Affect Mountain Death Lawsuit, Paul Detrick, October 18, 2011
• See-Thru Surveillance: Coming to a Police Department Near You?, Matt Welch, October 18, 2011
• "1 Marine vs. 30 Cops (Marine Wins)", Matt Welch, October 17, 2011
• Wrong Door Raid and Flash-Bang Grenade Heart Attack Provoke Lawsuits, Lucy Steigerwald, October 13, 2011
• Baton-Wielding NYPD White Shirts Beat Occupy Wall Street Protestors, Mike Riggs, October 6, 2011
• Cop Who Shot Seven-Year-Old Detroit Girl Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter, Lucy Steigerwald, October 4, 2011
• Ron Paul Talks About the Occupy Wall Street Protests and the "militarization of our police force", Michael Tracey, October 1, 2011
• Update on Wrong-House Raid in Alameda: "I remember the guns pointing at my face when I look at my front door. Every. Single. Time.", Mike Riggs, September 30, 2011
• L.A. Times Finds Villain in Gibson Guitar Raid: Republicans, Tim Cavanaugh, September 28, 2011
• FBI Investigating LA County Jails for Reports of Deputy Involved Inmate Beatings, Paul Detrick, September 26, 2011
• Use of Sound Weapon Provokes Lawsuit Two Years After Pittsburgh G20, Lucy Steigerwald, September 21, 2011
• Liveblog: The Orange County District Attorney's Kelly Thomas Hearing [Breaking: Two Officers Charged with Second and Third Degree Murder], Mike Riggs, September 21, 2011
• One Year After Beating University of Maryland Student John J. McKenna, Two Maryland Police Officers Indicted, Mike Riggs, September 21, 2011
• New Jersey Cop Attacked Woman Who Filmed Him at DWI Checkpoint, Mike Riggs, September 16, 2011
• Florida State Trooper Teamed With TSA to Ship and Sell Oxycodone, Mike Riggs, September 13, 2011
• Forty Texas Cops Rob a Strip Club, Mike Riggs, September 12, 2011
• Remembering 9/11: No, You're an Astroturf-Funded Protester!, Matt Welch, September 12, 2011
• Maybe Steven Seagal Actually is a Cop, Lucy Steigerwald, September 2, 2011