Militarization of Police

War on Drugs

Attorney for the Fullerton Six: "Public perception of officer's trying to control a combative, resistive suspect rarely conforms…to reality"

Mike Riggs | 8.3.2011 3:21 PM

War on Drugs

Fullerton Cops Who Beat Kelly Thomas Into a Coma Placed on Leave

Mike Riggs | 8.3.2011 11:14 AM

War on Drugs

Fullerton Cop Allegedly Bragged About Brutally Beating Homeless Man Kelly Thomas

Mike Riggs | 8.2.2011 4:49 PM

War on Drugs

Albuquerque PD Adopts the Taser Shotgun

Mike Riggs | 8.2.2011 2:12 PM

Civil Liberties

New Witness Testimonies Surface In Kelly Thomas Case: "They Pounded His Face Against the Curb"; "He's Almost Halfway Dead"

Mike Riggs | 8.2.2011 10:46 AM

War on Drugs

Homeless Man Dies After Being Brutally Beaten by Five Fullerton Cops

Mike Riggs | 7.29.2011 1:52 AM

Politics

Allen Kephart Taser Death Evidence Shuffle

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.24.2011 2:09 PM

War on Drugs

Maryland Police Tase Panicked Car Crash Victim, Victim Dies

Mike Riggs | 6.29.2011 2:02 PM

Politics

Small Florida Town Reaches Major Milestone: First Death by Cop

Mike Riggs | 6.29.2011 1:53 PM

Culture

Cannabis Culture Interviews Lindy "No-Knock Raid" Vopnfjord

Matt Welch | 6.29.2011 10:52 AM

Politics

Reason Writers on Russia Today: Tim Cavanaugh Talks Student Loan Raid, SWAT Marine Killing, War on Cameras

Reason Staff | 6.9.2011 4:25 PM

Politics

These Are the Charges That Require the Department of Education to Send a Dozen Armed Agents to Kick Through Your Front Door

Matt Welch | 6.9.2011 11:45 AM

Policy

Miami Police Shoot Man to Death, Attempt to Steal/Destroy All Video Evidence of Shooting Man to Death

Mike Riggs | 6.8.2011 4:23 PM

Policy

Dept. of Education SWAT Raid Update: Not for a Student Loan, DoE Says

Matt Welch | 6.8.2011 2:08 PM

Policy

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 | 6.8.2011 9:40 AM

Politics

What Does the SWAT Marine Data Dump Prove?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.27.2011 9:57 PM

Policy

Radley Balko Rides Again

Jesse Walker | 5.25.2011 6:29 PM

Politics

Jose Guerena Evidence: Don't Buy Your Kids the Jesús Malverde Bobblehead

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.22.2011 5:46 PM

Politics

Sheriffs: Slain Jose Guerena Linked to "Home-Invasion Crew"

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.20.2011 1:19 PM

Policy

Texas SWAT Cops Face Scrutiny For Drinking on the Job

Mike Riggs | 5.19.2011 3:59 PM

Politics

Marine Survives Two Tours in Iraq, SWAT Kills Him

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.16.2011 10:55 PM

Politics

Sheriffs Kill Innocent Man With Taser

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.12.2011 12:58 PM

Civil Liberties

Cops Mistakenly Confront a Judge, Her Family at Gunpoint

Radley Balko | 4.27.2011 12:36 PM

Culture

Guy Gets SWAT Team-ed for Not Securing His Wireless Network

Radley Balko | 4.24.2011 6:06 PM

Politics

More Than 40 Dead In Syria: Censored and Uncensored

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.22.2011 10:15 PM

Politics

Constitutional Refuseniks

Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won't obey.

Radley Balko | 4.11.2011 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason.tv: Radley Balko on the 3 Worst Cases of Police Abuse in 2011

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 3.28.2011 12:24 PM

Civil Liberties

Bread and Circus. And Chickens. And Tanks.

Radley Balko | 3.23.2011 1:56 PM

War on Drugs

Fourth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity in Mistaken SWAT Raid

Radley Balko | 3.23.2011 1:51 PM

Policy

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 3.16.2011 9:41 AM

Policy

DA Issues Report on the Eurie Stamps Raid: Cop Who Killed Unarmed, 68-Year-Man Tripped, Accidentally Fired His Gun

Radley Balko | 3.10.2011 1:48 PM

Civil Liberties

SWAT Officer Killed By Non-Lethal Flashbang Grenade

Radley Balko | 3.9.2011 12:13 PM

Policy

Police Raid Roundup

Radley Balko | 3.5.2011 4:40 PM

Policy

In Case Your School Isn't Zero-Intolerant Enough

Matt Welch | 2.22.2011 4:00 PM

Government Waste

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 2.17.2011 5:44 PM

War on Drugs

You Know, Maybe We Should Pay Baltimore County Police a Bit More . . .

Radley Balko | 2.17.2011 9:28 AM

Policy

At This Rate, All Crimes Will Soon Be Committed By TV Cops

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.15.2011 12:19 PM

Policy

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 2.14.2011 1:13 PM

Politics

An Interview With Stewart Rhodes

The founder of Oath Keepers explains his vision and responds to his critics.

Radley Balko | 2.7.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

L.A. Teen Charged With "Attempted Lynching" Now Gets Raided by Police

Radley Balko | 1.28.2011 11:40 AM