Militarization of Police

• 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
• What Does the SWAT Marine Data Dump Prove?, Tim Cavanaugh, May 27, 2011
• Radley Balko Rides Again, Jesse Walker, May 25, 2011
• Jose Guerena Evidence: Don't Buy Your Kids the Jesús Malverde Bobblehead, Tim Cavanaugh, May 22, 2011
• Sheriffs: Slain Jose Guerena Linked to "Home-Invasion Crew", Tim Cavanaugh, May 20, 2011
• Texas SWAT Cops Face Scrutiny For Drinking on the Job, Mike Riggs, May 19, 2011
• Marine Survives Two Tours in Iraq, SWAT Kills Him, Tim Cavanaugh, May 16, 2011
• Sheriffs Kill Innocent Man With Taser, Tim Cavanaugh, May 12, 2011
• Cops Mistakenly Confront a Judge, Her Family at Gunpoint, Radley Balko, April 27, 2011
• Guy Gets SWAT Team-ed for Not Securing His Wireless Network, Radley Balko, April 24, 2011
• More Than 40 Dead In Syria: Censored and Uncensored, Tim Cavanaugh, April 22, 2011
• Reason.tv: Radley Balko on the 3 Worst Cases of Police Abuse in 2011, Nick Gillespie & Joshua Swain, March 28, 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
• Another Isolated Incident, Radley Balko, March 16, 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
• SWAT Officer Killed By Non-Lethal Flashbang Grenade, Radley Balko, March 9, 2011
• Police Raid Roundup, Radley Balko, March 5, 2011
• In Case Your School Isn't Zero-Intolerant Enough, Matt Welch, February 22, 2011
• You Know, Maybe We Should Pay Baltimore County Police a Bit More . . ., Radley Balko, February 17, 2011
• At This Rate, All Crimes Will Soon Be Committed By TV Cops, Tim Cavanaugh, February 15, 2011
• Another Isolated Incident, Radley Balko, February 14, 2011
• L.A. Teen Charged With "Attempted Lynching" Now Gets Raided by Police, Radley Balko, January 28, 2011
• Reason Writers on TV: Radley Balko Talks Drug Raids on FreedomWatch, January 26, 2011
• Another Isolated Incident, Radley Balko, January 23, 2011
• The Eurie Stamps Investigation Goes Into Lockdown, Radley Balko, January 17, 2011
• Mistakes Were Made. Guns Were Pointed. A Family Was Terrorized. Pets Were Threatened., Radley Balko, January 16, 2011
• Supreme Court To Decide If Smell of Pot, Suspicious Sounds Merit Warrantless Entry, Radley Balko, January 13, 2011
• Adventures in Drug War Incompetence, Radley Balko, January 13, 2011
• Reason Writers on TV: Radley Balko Discusses Police Militarization, Radley Balko, January 12, 2011
• Reason Writers on TV: Radley Balko Talks About the Drug War's Latest Victim on FreedomWatch, January 10, 2011
• More on the Botched Drug Raid in Massachusetts, Radley Balko, January 6, 2011
• Grandpa Killed in Drug Raid, Radley Balko, January 6, 2011
• Mississippi Supreme Court Grants Cory Maye a New Trial, Radley Balko, December 2, 2010
• Poker Raid Turns Into Gunfight, Radley Balko, November 5, 2010
• What's Going On in New Haven?, Radley Balko, October 26, 2010
• Another Isolated Incident, Radley Balko, October 8, 2010
• The Drug War Metaphor: Increasingly Literal, Radley Balko, October 6, 2010
• Unarmed Pregnant Woman Shot During Drug Raid, Radley Balko, September 27, 2010
• Shaquille O'Neal, Lawman, Radley Balko, September 17, 2010
• Cops and Cameras, Radley Balko, September 14, 2010
• Another Cop-Kills-Dog Drug Raid, Radley Balko, August 4, 2010
• Wendy McElroy: Under "Cooperation" Act, Cops Can Punch You In the Face Whenever They Want, Tim Cavanaugh, July 23, 2010
• Now Playing at Reason.tv: A Drug Raid Goes Viral: Radley Balko on the Missouri SWAT Raid Video, July 21, 2010
• Sheriff Joe's War: Now More War-ry!, Radley Balko, July 16, 2010
• Reason Writers on the Tube: Radley Balko Discusses SWAT Teams and the Drug War on John Stossel's Show, June 19, 2010
• Reason Writers on the Air: Radley Balko Discusses SWAT Teams and Police Militarization on Russia Today, May 22, 2010
• Charles Krauthammer and Bill O'Reilly on the Columbia, Missouri SWAT Raid Video, Radley Balko, May 21, 2010
• Detroit Girl, 7, Killed in SWAT Raid, Radley Balko, May 17, 2010
• More Militarized Than the Military, Radley Balko, May 14, 2010
• Reason Writers Around Town: Radley Balko Discusses SWAT Teams and Drug Raids With Vice Magazine, May 13, 2010