Militarization of Police

Civil Liberties

The Oath Keepers in Ferguson: Three Updates

The story didn't end when police ordered them down from the roofs.

Jesse Walker | 12.2.2014 2:33 PM

Racial Profiling

Holder Says Feds to End Racial Profiling. Unless He's Declaring an End to the Drug War, No.

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2014 1:45 PM

Police Abuse

Obama Doesn't Really Care About Police Militarization

Scott Shackford | 12.1.2014 3:15 PM

Policy

Polling Finds a Stark Racial Divide in Perceptions of Law Enforcement

Jason Keisling and Emily Ekins | 11.25.2014 4:45 PM

Politics

Why Police Officers Keep Claiming Their Unarmed Victims Had Guns, and What We Can Do About It

Emily Ekins | 11.25.2014 2:58 PM

Militarization of Police

D.C. Has Done Nothing About Its Role in Militarizing Police

Scott Shackford | 11.25.2014 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

What the International Olympic Committee Looks for in a Host City

Hint: It's not a restrained police force.

Jesse Walker | 11.24.2014 12:03 PM

Civil Liberties

VID: Ferguson Grand Jury Decides–Police Press Conference (Parody)

Paul Detrick and Justin Monticello | 11.22.2014 7:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Ahead of Grand Jury Decision Watch Reason TV's Coverage From Ferguson

Paul Detrick and Zach Weissmueller | 11.22.2014 10:30 AM

Ferguson

Who Armed Ferguson's Warrior Cops?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.1.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Unsafe at Any Border: U.S. Border Patrol Corrupt, Violent, Flush with Funding—And Unaccountable

Lucian McMahon | 10.31.2014 2:27 PM

Policy

Hells Angels vs. DEA Agents and SWAT Team With Explosives

Zenon Evans | 10.31.2014 11:40 AM

Militarization of Police

Texas Prosecutor Responds to Reason's "Purple Zone Raid" Article/Video

Anthony Fisher | 10.28.2014 1:50 PM

Politics

"A Blatant Lie": Texas Prosecutor Rod Ponton Responds to Reason

Anthony Fisher | 10.28.2014 1:45 PM

Civil Liberties

24 Armed Cops and a Military Truck Dispatched to Take Money from Old Man

Robby Soave | 10.27.2014 12:10 PM

Militarization of Police

Sex, Spice, and Small-Town Texas Justice: The Purple Zone Raid

Anthony Fisher | 10.25.2014 7:00 PM

Policy

How Cops Are Beating Crime in America's Poorest City

Is Camden, New Jersey, a "surveillance city" or a triumph of 21st century policing?

Jim Epstein | 10.23.2014 4:31 PM

Militarization of Police

Stuff White People Riot About

Scott Shackford | 10.20.2014 5:20 PM

Politics

Cop Militarization in NY: Every MRAP, Cargo Plane, and $800 Coffee Pot

Zenon Evans | 10.17.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Anthony Fisher, TV's Andy Levy, Chris Moody, Jason Mattera, an ex-Secret Service Dude, and a New Enemy of Freedom!

Matt Welch | 10.8.2014 8:41 PM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Fear of a 'Dangerous' Planet, Jennifer Lawrence 'Sex Crime,' Military Spending Forever, Ebola, Unfree Speech, Dumb Laws, No Justice for Bou Bou, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 10.7.2014 8:28 PM

Policy

Georgia Grand Jury Rejects Criminal Charges Against Drug Warriors Who Burned and Mutilated a Toddler

Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2014 11:50 PM

Civil Liberties

VID: Ferguson Police Chief Issues Apology, But Police Militarization Will Continue to Be a Thing

Alexis Garcia and Amanda Winkler | 9.28.2014 9:30 AM

Civil Liberties

South Carolina Cop Actually Charged in Unprovoked Shooting

Is the whole militarized police thing provoking pushback?

Reason Staff | 9.25.2014 3:13 PM

Policy

Cops Take 'Highly Entertaining' Class to 'Win' Media After Shootings

Zenon Evans | 9.22.2014 3:50 PM

Policy

Joseph McNamara, Drug Warrior Turned Conscientious Objector, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 9.22.2014 3:34 PM

Politics

Can Police Resist Using New Military 'Toys'?

Once they start, it's hard to stop.

Steven Greenhut | 9.19.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

L.A. School Cops Give Up Grenade Launchers … But Keep the M-16s, MRAP

Zenon Evans | 9.18.2014 12:30 PM

Politics

Why Is the Pentagon Sending Grenade Launchers to College Campuses?

Patrick Hannaford | 9.17.2014 11:59 AM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court Rebukes Florida Cops for Using SWAT-Style Raids to Check Barbers' Licenses

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2014 6:30 PM

Politics

Oakland Mayor Doesn't Want SWAT Convention Back Next Year

Anthony Fisher | 9.10.2014 2:11 PM

Policy

Did Georgia Drug Warriors Commit a Crime When They Burned and Mutilated a Toddler?

Jacob Sullum | 9.10.2014 12:43 PM

Policy

Are L.A. School Cops 'Protecting the Children' With Grenade Launchers?

Zenon Evans | 9.10.2014 12:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Senators a Tad Concerned About Police Militarization

They'd like to know what is going where, and why

Reason Staff | 9.9.2014 3:35 PM

Policy

Guy Tells Bad Joke, Finds Himself in LAPD Sniper Scope

Zenon Evans | 9.4.2014 3:55 PM

Militarization of Police

Connecticut Town Approves "Free" Military Vehicle For Cops That Will Cost $54,000 in Asset Forfeiture Funds to Modify, Because Police Say Mass Shootings Are Up

Ed Krayewski | 9.3.2014 4:52 PM

Civil Liberties

What Policing Should Look Like

How can we build an ethical police force based upon the concept of Constitutional policing by consent?

Stephen Downing | 9.2.2014 8:30 AM

Ferguson

Hillary Clinton Finally Comments on Ferguson, Focuses on Race-Based Enforcement Injustices

Scott Shackford | 8.29.2014 3:25 PM

Policy

Are Police More Damned Trouble Than They're Worth?

Modern police forces have become little more than a new set of predators from which the public needs protection.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.28.2014 4:31 PM

SWAT

Militarization of Police Helps Feed SWAT Call Pranks

Scott Shackford | 8.28.2014 11:07 AM

Michael Brown

Former LAPD Deputy Chief Explains the Militarization of American Policing

The Huffington Post | 8.28.2014 10:07 AM

Civil Liberties

City Council Tells Cops To 'Tank the Tank' In Davis, California

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.27.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

The Sanest Commentator on Ferguson: How About a Rapper Named Killer Mike?

Matt Welch | 8.27.2014 12:17 PM