Militarization of Police

War on Drugs

Criminals Disguised as Cops Raid Illegal Gaming Establishment

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.9.2011 4:15 PM

Policy

Judge: Using Helicopters, National Guard, and New Mexico State Police to Raid 72-Year-Old Man's House Was "Excessive"

Mike Riggs | 12.7.2011 2:17 PM

Politics

Property-Is-Theft Movement's Property Destroyed

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.5.2011 7:38 PM

War on Drugs

More Reporting On the How and the Why of Police Militarization

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.5.2011 7:16 PM

Policy

Dog Bites Man: What Sounds Like an Everyday Narcotics SWAT Raid

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.30.2011 6:05 PM

War on Drugs

Michael Bloomberg: "I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world."

Mike Riggs | 11.30.2011 2:08 PM

Politics

Occupy L.A. Gets a Reprieve, Poet Laureate Gets Clubbed

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.28.2011 6:56 PM

Politics

Citizen Journalist Demonstrates How to Stand Up to NYPD

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.23.2011 1:05 PM

Policy

Subjects of Missouri Drug Raid That Went Viral Have Their Civil Suit Dismissed

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.22.2011 6:20 PM

Politics

Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Shows That Hunger for More Power Corrupts

J. Edgar Hoover's Fetish for Authority Was More Worrisome Than His Apocryphal Sexual Hangups

Gene Healy | 11.22.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

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 | 11.22.2011 9:00 AM

Politics

New Video of Police Brutality at Occupy Oakland

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.19.2011 6:53 PM

Politics

Meet, Heckle Tim Cavanaugh at UCLA Tonight

Reason Staff | 11.17.2011 2:28 PM

Politics

Occupy Wall Street Response Suddenly Causes Middle Class White People to See Law Enforcement In New Light

Mike Riggs | 11.17.2011 2:00 PM

War on Drugs

The Militarization of Police is More Than Just Weapons and Tactics

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.8.2011 11:30 AM

Politics

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 | 11.7.2011 9:00 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Herman Cain Camp Denies Sexual Harassment Charges, NYPD Ticket-Fixing Scandal Gets Bigger, White House Responds to Pot Petition

Mike Riggs | 10.31.2011 9:00 AM

Politics

Watch a Cop Lob a Flash Grenade Into a Group of Occupy Oakland Protesters Trying to Help a Seriously Injured Man

Matt Welch | 10.27.2011 7:01 AM

Politics

An Iraq War Veteran is in Critical Condition After Occupy Oakland Scuffles, Police Won't Confirm What Weapons They Used

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.26.2011 4:50 PM

Civil Liberties

Policing is Too Important to be Left to the Government: Economist Ed Stringham

Meredith Bragg and Matt Welch | 10.26.2011 3:45 PM

Civil Liberties

DC Metro Cops Who Attack Wheelchair-Bound Boozer Get Off

Nick Gillespie | 10.24.2011 11:27 AM

Politics

9th Circut Taser Decision Could Affect Mountain Death Lawsuit

Paul Detrick | 10.18.2011 6:23 PM

Politics

See-Thru Surveillance: Coming to a Police Department Near You?

Matt Welch | 10.18.2011 11:55 AM

Politics

"1 Marine vs. 30 Cops (Marine Wins)"

Matt Welch | 10.17.2011 3:35 PM

War on Drugs

Wrong Door Raid and Flash-Bang Grenade Heart Attack Provoke Lawsuits

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.13.2011 12:28 PM

Politics

Baton-Wielding NYPD White Shirts Beat Occupy Wall Street Protestors

Mike Riggs | 10.6.2011 3:00 AM

War on Drugs

Cop Who Shot Seven-Year-Old Detroit Girl Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.4.2011 3:55 PM

Politics

Ron Paul Talks About the Occupy Wall Street Protests and the "militarization of our police force"

Michael Tracey | 10.1.2011 10:24 AM

War on Drugs

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 | 9.30.2011 6:02 PM

Politics

L.A. Times Finds Villain in Gibson Guitar Raid: Republicans

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.28.2011 8:54 PM

Civil Liberties

FBI Investigating LA County Jails for Reports of Deputy Involved Inmate Beatings

Paul Detrick | 9.26.2011 4:42 PM

War on Drugs

Use of Sound Weapon Provokes Lawsuit Two Years After Pittsburgh G20

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.21.2011 6:43 PM

Civil Liberties

Liveblog: The Orange County District Attorney's Kelly Thomas Hearing [Breaking: Two Officers Charged with Second and Third Degree Murder]

Mike Riggs | 9.21.2011 1:58 PM

Policy

One Year After Beating University of Maryland Student John J. McKenna, Two Maryland Police Officers Indicted

Mike Riggs | 9.21.2011 11:25 AM

Civil Liberties

New Jersey Cop Attacked Woman Who Filmed Him at DWI Checkpoint

Mike Riggs | 9.16.2011 3:04 PM

War on Drugs

Florida State Trooper Teamed With TSA to Ship and Sell Oxycodone

Mike Riggs | 9.13.2011 12:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Forty Texas Cops Rob a Strip Club

Mike Riggs | 9.12.2011 12:28 PM

Politics

Remembering 9/11: No, You're an Astroturf-Funded Protester!

Matt Welch | 9.12.2011 11:29 AM

Politics

Maybe Steven Seagal Actually is a Cop

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.2.2011 11:30 AM

Policy

Lawsuit Filed in Lake Arrowhead Police Related Death

Paul Detrick | 8.31.2011 4:41 PM

War on Drugs

Concord Cop Threatens Camera-Wielding Lemonade Stand Operator With Wiretapping Charges

Mike Riggs | 8.24.2011 1:15 PM

Politics

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 | 8.11.2011 6:50 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: ICE Defends Violent and Illegal Conduct by Agents, Iran Condemns UK Riots, GOP Wins Wisconsin Recall

Mike Riggs | 8.10.2011 8:38 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Jackie O Believed LBJ Killed JFK, AIG Goes After BoA, Fullerton Residents Call for Police Chief to Resign

Mike Riggs | 8.8.2011 8:39 AM