Militarization of Police

• 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
• Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Shows That Hunger for More Power Corrupts, Gene Healy, 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
• Lawsuit Filed in Lake Arrowhead Police Related Death, Paul Detrick, August 31, 2011
• Concord Cop Threatens Camera-Wielding Lemonade Stand Operator With Wiretapping Charges, Mike Riggs, August 24, 2011
• Reason Morning Links: Fullerton Police Chief Goes on Medical Leave, Fullerton Tea Partiers Push for Recall Vote, NCAA Wants Schools to Give More Money to Student Athletes, Mike Riggs, August 11, 2011
• Reason Morning Links: ICE Defends Violent and Illegal Conduct by Agents, Iran Condemns UK Riots, GOP Wins Wisconsin Recall, Mike Riggs, August 10, 2011
• Reason Morning Links: Jackie O Believed LBJ Killed JFK, AIG Goes After BoA, Fullerton Residents Call for Police Chief to Resign, Mike Riggs, August 8, 2011
• Attorney for the Fullerton Six: "Public perception of officer's trying to control a combative, resistive suspect rarely conforms...to reality", Mike Riggs, August 3, 2011
• Fullerton Cops Who Beat Kelly Thomas Into a Coma Placed on Leave, Mike Riggs, August 3, 2011
• Fullerton Cop Allegedly Bragged About Brutally Beating Homeless Man Kelly Thomas, Mike Riggs, August 2, 2011
• Albuquerque PD Adopts the Taser Shotgun, Mike Riggs, August 2, 2011
• New Witness Testimonies Surface In Kelly Thomas Case: "They Pounded His Face Against the Curb"; "He's Almost Halfway Dead", Mike Riggs, August 2, 2011
• Homeless Man Dies After Being Brutally Beaten by Five Fullerton Cops, Mike Riggs, July 29, 2011
• Allen Kephart Taser Death Evidence Shuffle, Tim Cavanaugh, July 24, 2011
• Maryland Police Tase Panicked Car Crash Victim, Victim Dies, Mike Riggs, June 29, 2011
• Small Florida Town Reaches Major Milestone: First Death by Cop, Mike Riggs, June 29, 2011
• Cannabis Culture Interviews Lindy "No-Knock Raid" Vopnfjord, Matt Welch, June 29, 2011
• Reason Writers on Russia Today: Tim Cavanaugh Talks Student Loan Raid, SWAT Marine Killing, War on Cameras, June 9, 2011
• These Are the Charges That Require the Department of Education to Send a Dozen Armed Agents to Kick Through Your Front Door, Matt Welch, June 9, 2011
• Miami Police Shoot Man to Death, Attempt to Steal/Destroy All Video Evidence of Shooting Man to Death, Mike Riggs, June 8, 2011
• Dept. of Education SWAT Raid Update: Not for a Student Loan, DoE Says, Matt Welch, June 8, 2011
• No Really: SWAT Team Raids House at 6 AM and Handcuffs Father of Three Young Kids to Execute a Dept. of Education Search Warrant for Estranged Wife's Defaulted Student Loans, Matt Welch, June 8, 2011