Police 'Body Slammed' Him. Now, He's Getting a $500,000 Settlement.
Police claimed Mack Nelson fell while resisting an officer. A video proved them wrong.
Police claimed Mack Nelson fell while resisting an officer. A video proved them wrong.
Horrible things are happening to vulnerable people, but we cannot help them by sending groups of vigilantes or law enforcement officers to hunt them.
A recently published statistical analysis of homicide rates in New York City finds strong support for the hypothesis that de-policing resulting from the George Floyd protests caused the 2020 homicide spikes.
Journalism is an activity shielded by the First Amendment, not a special class or profession.
Civil forfeiture is a highly unaccountable practice. The justices have the opportunity to make it a bit less so.
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For five decades, the agency has destroyed countless lives while targeting Americans for personal choices and peaceful transactions.
The lawsuit claims the ban has no "legitimate penological justification"
The National Association of Medical Examiners now says "excited delirium" should not be cited as a cause of death.
A Republican-sponsored resolution would authorize the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force" against foreigners involved in fentanyl trafficking.
Massachusetts reformed its notoriously bad public records laws in 2020, but reporters are still fighting to get the police misconduct files they're legally entitled to.
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The guilty verdict came the same day the Justice Department blasted Minneapolis for harassing the press.
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Snooping through emails, video, and photos isn’t the same as stumbling on containers full of cocaine.
Her arrest may have been retaliation for her involvement in a lawsuit against the local police department.
Joanna Schwartz on how law enforcement "became untouchable"
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Prosecutors also want a judge to take basically all possible defenses off the table.
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The state court of appeals held previously that unconstitutionally collected evidence could still be used for civil enforcement.
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Eric Parsa died after police placed him in a "prone position" for over nine minutes. Now, the DOJ says that the officers' actions likely violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Brianna Grier was having a mental health crisis. She needed an ambulance. She got two cops instead.
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Asset forfeiture isn't funny—but what if it involves tripping bunnies and psychedelic mushrooms?
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The FBI's sloppy, secret search warrants should be a concern for all Americans.
A demand letter states that the Uvalde school district is infringing on Adam Martinez's First Amendment right to criticize the government.
Retire the paw patrol.
Just about everybody agrees the practice is legalized theft, but cops and prosecutors oppose change.
Thanks to the city's Initiative 71, Lit City Smoke Shop is part of D.C.'s thriving weed-gifting industry.
The loss of public key encryption service providers would make us all more vulnerable, both physically and financially.
Just days after the release of an autopsy showing an activist may not have fired on officers before being shot to death, police arrested activists for putting flyers on mailboxes.
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The article explains why libertarians should focus much more on constitutional issues arising from zoning, immigration restrictions and racial profiling.
The Department of Justice emulates the Kremlin in smearing government critics as foreign agents.
The trend is driven by a huge drop in prosecutions in Arizona, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reports.
Robert Delgado's family is now seeking damages.
As former Backpage execs await their August trial, the shutdown is still worsening the lives it was supposed to improve.
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