Militarization of Police

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

Politics

Operation Revelation

Jesse Walker | 3.5.2010 2:09 PM

War on Drugs

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 3.5.2010 12:02 PM

War on Drugs

Ex-Cop Chides Raided Mayor for Criticizing the SWAT Team That Nearly Killed Him

Radley Balko | 3.4.2010 8:20 AM

War on Drugs

"I'm like, I don't want them coming through my door with guns drawn, because I love my dog."

Radley Balko | 3.2.2010 9:08 AM

Policy

4.5 SWAT Raids Per Day

Maryland's SWAT transparency bill produces its first disturbing results

Radley Balko | 3.1.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

SWAT Team Endangers Child, Parents Charged With Child Endangerment

Radley Balko | 2.27.2010 5:16 PM

Policy

Flashbangs Under Fire

It's time to stop using stun grenades during drug raids.

Radley Balko | 2.17.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

D.C. Police Raid Wrong Home, City Refuses to Pay for Damage

Radley Balko | 1.26.2010 3:25 PM

War on Drugs

Creeping World Government Protects Citizens Against Police Searches

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.14.2010 7:30 PM

Policy

Reason Writers Around the Web: Radley Balko Discusses the Drug War on Freedom Watch With Andrew Napolitano

Reason Staff | 1.14.2010 10:49 AM

Policy

That Other War

Reagan-era drug war rhetoric is still with us, and so is the accompanying collateral damage.

Radley Balko | 1.11.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Don't Tase Me When I'm Having a Diabetic Seizure, Bro

Matt Welch | 12.30.2009 4:37 AM

Policy

A New Trial for Cory Maye

Mississippi's Court of Appeals affirms a right to a local jury.

Radley Balko | 11.23.2009 4:00 PM

Policy

The War on Drugs and the "Crisis in Black America"

Damon Root | 11.5.2009 10:39 AM

Policy

Chicago Cops Vacation at Pittsburgh G20 Summit, Snap Souvenier Photo

Radley Balko | 10.19.2009 8:53 AM

Policy

Failing His Way to Higher Office

Bumbling Prince George's County, Maryland Sheriff Michael Jackson wants a promotion.

Radley Balko | 10.12.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

Update on the Georgia Pastor Killed by Undercover Narcotics Police

Radley Balko | 10.7.2009 9:47 AM

Economics

Scenes From a Crackdown

Police overkill at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh

Radley Balko | 10.5.2009 12:00 PM

War on Drugs

Federal SWAT Raid Over . . . Orchids.

Radley Balko | 10.5.2009 8:57 AM

War on Drugs

Cheye Calvo Pens Op-Ed for the Washington Post

Radley Balko | 9.20.2009 7:53 AM

Civil Liberties

Use a New York Street, Go to a Police Database

Matt Welch | 8.17.2009 4:03 PM

Policy

Immigration Raids Circumventing the Fourth Amendment

Radley Balko | 8.1.2009 5:41 PM

Politics

"When he's not arresting you, Sergeant Crowley is a really likable guy."

Matt Welch | 7.31.2009 11:59 AM

War on Drugs

"Police Use Taser on Deaf, Disabled Alabama Man"

Bill Flanigen | 7.28.2009 6:10 PM

War on Drugs

SWAT Gone Wild in Maryland

A botched raid on a small-town Maryland mayor exposes widespread abuse by the state's SWAT teams.

Radley Balko | 7.13.2009 3:00 PM

War on Drugs

Bogus Bodega Busts

Corrupt Philadelphia cops

Radley Balko | 6.29.2009 12:34 PM

War on Drugs

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 6.23.2009 9:30 AM

War on Drugs

Prince George's County Sheriff's Department Delcares Itself Blame-Free in Cheye Calvo Raid

Radley Balko | 6.20.2009 7:14 PM

War on Drugs

Massachusetts Suspends Pentagon Giveaways to Local Police Departments

Radley Balko | 6.17.2009 3:35 PM

Policy

More on Drug Czar's Bid To End War on Drugs

Radley Balko | 5.14.2009 2:35 PM

War on Drugs

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 5.7.2009 10:28 AM

Policy

Unarmed GVSU Student Shot During Drug Raid Arrested on Marijuana Charges

Radley Balko | 4.17.2009 11:43 AM