Militarization of Police

Culture

Reason Writers on TV: Radley Balko Talks Drug Raids on FreedomWatch

Reason Staff | 1.26.2011 9:41 AM

Policy

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 1.23.2011 2:13 PM

War on Drugs

The Eurie Stamps Investigation Goes Into Lockdown

Radley Balko | 1.17.2011 9:54 AM

Policy

Mistakes Were Made. Guns Were Pointed. A Family Was Terrorized. Pets Were Threatened.

Radley Balko | 1.16.2011 4:31 PM

Policy

Supreme Court To Decide If Smell of Pot, Suspicious Sounds Merit Warrantless Entry

Radley Balko | 1.13.2011 3:15 PM

Policy

Adventures in Drug War Incompetence

Radley Balko | 1.13.2011 2:04 PM

Culture

Reason Writers on TV: Radley Balko Discusses Police Militarization

Radley Balko | 1.12.2011 10:28 AM

Policy

Reason Writers on TV: Radley Balko Talks About the Drug War's Latest Victim on FreedomWatch

Reason Staff | 1.10.2011 5:12 PM

Policy

More on the Botched Drug Raid in Massachusetts

Radley Balko | 1.6.2011 4:34 PM

Policy

Grandpa Killed in Drug Raid

Radley Balko | 1.6.2011 11:18 AM

Policy

Mississippi Supreme Court Grants Cory Maye a New Trial

Radley Balko | 12.2.2010 3:27 PM

War on Drugs

Poker Raid Turns Into Gunfight

Radley Balko | 11.5.2010 11:35 AM

Civil Liberties

What's Going On in New Haven?

Radley Balko | 10.26.2010 12:48 PM

Policy

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 10.8.2010 10:06 AM

Policy

The Drug War Metaphor: Increasingly Literal

Radley Balko | 10.6.2010 12:16 PM

Policy

Unarmed Pregnant Woman Shot During Drug Raid

Radley Balko | 9.27.2010 10:22 AM

Civil Liberties

Shaquille O'Neal, Lawman

Radley Balko | 9.17.2010 4:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Cops and Cameras

Radley Balko | 9.14.2010 1:22 PM

Policy

Needs More RAM

Another drug raid gone bad

Radley Balko | 8.31.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

Another Cop-Kills-Dog Drug Raid

Radley Balko | 8.4.2010 2:59 PM

Policy

Wendy McElroy: Under "Cooperation" Act, Cops Can Punch You In the Face Whenever They Want

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.23.2010 3:59 PM

Policy

Now Playing at Reason.tv: A Drug Raid Goes Viral: Radley Balko on the Missouri SWAT Raid Video

Reason Staff | 7.21.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

A Drug Raid Goes Viral

A violent police raid posted on YouTube sparks outrage-but the only thing unusual was that it was caught on video.

Radley Balko | 7.16.2010 1:30 PM

Policy

Sheriff Joe's War: Now More War-ry!

Radley Balko | 7.16.2010 1:27 PM

Policy

Reason Writers on the Tube: Radley Balko Discusses SWAT Teams and the Drug War on John Stossel's Show

Reason Staff | 6.19.2010 7:06 PM

Civil Liberties

Lessons from the Death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones

How aggressive SWAT tactics contributed to the death of a 7-year-old Detroit girl.

Radley Balko | 5.24.2010 3:00 PM

Culture

Reason Writers on the Air: Radley Balko Discusses SWAT Teams and Police Militarization on Russia Today

Reason Staff | 5.22.2010 11:57 AM

Policy

Charles Krauthammer and Bill O'Reilly on the Columbia, Missouri SWAT Raid Video

Radley Balko | 5.21.2010 1:36 PM

War on Drugs

Detroit Girl, 7, Killed in SWAT Raid

Radley Balko | 5.17.2010 8:17 AM

War on Drugs

More Militarized Than the Military

Radley Balko | 5.14.2010 11:14 AM

Culture

Reason Writers Around Town: Radley Balko Discusses SWAT Teams and Drug Raids With Vice Magazine

Reason Staff | 5.13.2010 1:29 PM

War on Drugs

This Is Your Country on Drugs

Matt Welch | 5.13.2010 9:20 AM

Policy

Columbia, Missouri Police Chief: "I Hate the Internet"

Radley Balko | 5.12.2010 5:07 PM

Policy

A Drug Raid Goes Viral

A violent drug raid posted to YouTube catches fire online. But the only thing unusual about the raid is that it was caught on video.

Radley Balko | 5.11.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Obama: College Experimentation Is Great, Keep That Mind Open, and Now if You'll Excuse Me, I'm Going to Continue Presiding Over Our Militarized War on Personal Drug Consumption

Matt Welch | 5.9.2010 10:32 PM

Policy

Video of SWAT Raid on Missouri Family

Reason Staff | 5.5.2010 7:50 AM

Politics

Disaster Utopianism

Looking for paradise in catastrophic places

Jesse Walker | 4.20.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Recruiting Tool

Radley Balko | 4.19.2010 12:14 PM

Politics

Consensus Liberalism Was the Root Cause of Daryl Gates

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.16.2010 2:48 PM

War on Drugs

Reason Writers Around Town: Radley Balko on Disbanding SWAT Teams for the Washington Times

Radley Balko | 4.15.2010 11:34 AM

Policy

A More Efficient Way of Breaking Down Doors

Radley Balko | 4.9.2010 12:54 PM

War on Drugs

Another Senseless Drug War Death

Stunning developments in the 2009 police shooting of Georgia pastor Jonathan Ayers

Radley Balko | 3.23.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Nothing Worse Than Having Your Name on an "Invade My House Constantly" List

Matt Welch | 3.19.2010 10:22 AM

Policy

Pre-Crime Policing

Allegedly "disgruntled" man has his guns seized, and "voluntarily" surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn't been committed

Radley Balko | 3.16.2010 12:00 PM