Militarization of Police

Civil Liberties

Why Did a Culpeper Cop Kill a Retired Sunday School Teacher in a Church Parking Lot? [UPDATED]

Mike Riggs | 5.14.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

Maricopa County SWAT Team Thrills Awful Fox News Reporter

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.8.2012 7:45 PM

Politics

Putin Press Secretary: "Protesters who hurt riot police should have their livers smeared on the asphalt"

Ed Krayewski | 5.8.2012 2:41 PM

Civil Liberties

"Local police boost arsenals with free military weapons": What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Nick Gillespie | 5.8.2012 8:58 AM

Politics

Tim Cavanaugh Talks Tasers, Deaths in Custody with RT

Reason Staff | 5.7.2012 5:30 PM

Politics

'No Fly Zone' Over Chicago for NATO Summit

Ed Krayewski | 5.2.2012 10:13 AM

Politics

British Army Deploying Surface to Air Missiles on Residential Rooftops for London Olympics

Ed Krayewski | 4.30.2012 11:23 AM

War on Drugs

Victim of Warrantless, Wrong-Door Raid: "I'm not the same person"

Mike Riggs | 4.27.2012 1:25 PM

Policy

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 | 4.25.2012 9:15 PM

Politics

How and Why a Campus Cop at UC Davis Viciously Pepper-Sprayed a Group of Passive College Kids

Mike Riggs | 4.12.2012 5:12 PM

Policy

Washington State Reporter Wears Bulletproof Vest, Thinks SWAT Narcotics Raid is Totally Awesome

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.30.2012 1:30 PM

War on Drugs

Newspaper Lead of the Month: "Orange County deputies will now be trained to weigh the risk to the public before opening fire."

Mike Riggs | 3.12.2012 2:35 PM

Policy

New Orleans Police Kill Unarmed Man During Pot Raid

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2012 1:21 PM

Policy

Updates and a Civil Suit From That 2011 Maricopa County SWAT Raid Starring Steven Seagal

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.8.2012 11:20 AM

Policy

Who Started That Deadly Shootout in Ogden?

Jacob Sullum | 2.29.2012 6:05 PM

Policy

Colorado Medical Marijuana Users Got the Full SWAT Treatment Because of Their Legal Plants

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.28.2012 9:15 PM

Policy

Cop Shoots Dog: Three Stories to Wreck An Animal Lover's Day

Mike Riggs | 2.28.2012 3:55 PM

Politics

Report Finds Police Did Not Deceive Public in Fatal Kelly Thomas Beating

Paul Detrick | 2.22.2012 1:59 PM

War on Drugs

Maryland Cops Conduct Drug Raid for $829 Worth of Pot

Mike Riggs | 2.7.2012 9:33 AM

Politics

No Charges For Deputies in Mountain Taser Death

Paul Detrick | 1.24.2012 2:04 PM

Politics

Fourth Circuit Says Government Needs More Proof of Link Between Drug Use and Gun Violence

Brian Doherty | 1.24.2012 12:25 PM

Policy

Melbourne Police Kick, Punch, and Taser a 66-Year-Old Man With Dementia

Mike Riggs | 1.16.2012 3:51 PM

Politics

Reason TV: Who's Lethal? Police or Tasers

Paul Detrick | 1.12.2012 1:48 PM

Policy

The Death of a Utah Police Officer During a Drug Raid Makes a Few Cops Consider Changing Raid Tactics

Lucy Steigerwald | 1.11.2012 4:45 PM

Policy

L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Punches Special Needs Woman in the Face

Mike Riggs | 1.11.2012 12:01 PM

War on Drugs

One Cop Killed, Five More Injured in Utah Drug Raid

Lucy Steigerwald | 1.6.2012 5:01 PM

Politics

Reason.tv's Best Viral Videos of 2011: Remy, Peter Schiff, Two Girls and One Jobs Program & More

Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie | 12.30.2011 11:00 AM

Politics

Ben Nelson Quits, Stratfor Spins Hack, Brees Breaks Record, and More: Reason PM Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.27.2011 7:33 PM

Politics

Lee County Deputies Tied Suspect to a Chair, Gagged Him, and Pepper-Sprayed Him to Death

Mike Riggs | 12.23.2011 1:37 AM

Politics

"Film the Police" Rap Video Contains Better Advice Than Most Rap Videos

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.13.2011 11:05 AM

Politics

Predator Drones in Domestic Law Enforcement

Brian Doherty | 12.12.2011 8:42 AM

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