Militarization of Police

Civil Liberties

If Decency Won't Stop Cops From Shooting Dogs, Maybe Lawsuits Will, Suggests Justice Department

J.D. Tuccille | 8.11.2014 10:29 AM

Civil Liberties

Meet a Town That's Had Enough of Militarized Policing

J.D. Tuccille | 8.5.2014 11:04 AM

Civil Liberties

Small-Town Cops Get Armored Vehicle. 'It's definitely a big icebreaker with the kids.'

Much of the impetus for small-town police departments with military vehicles, weapons and tactics comes from the feds themselves.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.4.2014 10:33 AM

Policy

Wrong-House Raid Victim: 'I See a Flashing Light and a Gun Pointed To My Head'

The sheriff's office has apologized-for its mistake, not its tactics.

Robby Soave | 7.31.2014 2:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Jury Frees Man Charged With Shooting at Cops Who Raided Wrong House

J.D. Tuccille | 7.28.2014 5:28 PM

Civil Liberties

Canada Gets SWAT-Mania: Troubled Man Removed From Plane by Tactical Team (and Fighter Jets)

"A little bit out of hand," says security expert.

Reason Staff | 7.26.2014 10:38 AM

Civil Liberties

Excuses for Police Militarization: 'You can't put a price tag on keeping someone safe'

Zenon Evans | 7.25.2014 5:27 PM

Eric Garner

Cops Have Ugly, Unsympathetic Reaction to NYPD Choking Victim

"Those are your police, America."

Robby Soave | 7.23.2014 2:22 PM

Militarization of Police

Mass. Law Enforcement Corporations Not At All What Privatizing Police Would Be Like

Ed Krayewski | 7.2.2014 10:47 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ilya Shapiro on SCOTUS, Radley Balko on Police-Militarization, Elizabeth MacDonald on the Atrocious GDP Numbers, Eli Lake on ISIS, Plus Clinton Poverty, IRS Illegality, and More!

Matt Welch | 6.25.2014 2:31 PM

Militarization of Police

LAPD Needs Military Motorcycles to Tactically Harass Homeless People

Zenon Evans | 6.25.2014 11:00 AM

Policy

Burned Babies and the Militarization of American Policing

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2014 4:06 PM

Politics

Ralph Nader Q&A: How Progressives and Libertarians Are Taking on Crony Capitalism and Corrupt Dems and Reps.

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.15.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

Why's This Sheriff Need an MRAP? Because the U.S. 'Is a War Zone'

Zenon Evans | 6.10.2014 9:25 AM

Policy

Local Police Chief Super Sad He Was Forced to Buy Badass Armored Vehicle

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.9.2014 4:55 PM

Policy

How Cops Became Baby Burners

The horrifying collateral damage inflicted by the war on drugs

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Why Did Baby-Burning Drug Warriors Think There Were No Children in the Home They Attacked? [UPDATED]

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2014 1:31 PM

Politics

Quotes

Reason Staff | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Militarization of Police

The Battlefield War Games Series Embraces Police Militarization

Scott Shackford | 5.28.2014 4:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Feds Execute Military-Style Raid on Texas Grandmother

Alexis Garcia | 5.21.2014 3:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Another Drug Bust Gone Bad

Cops can't get their story straight in the killing of Eugene Mallory.

Zach Weissmueller | 5.18.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Why the Hell is the Department of Agriculture Buying Submachine Guns?

Matt Welch | 5.16.2014 11:52 AM

Civil Liberties

Does Police Work Involve Special 'Bravery,' 'Courage,' or 'Risk,' As the White House Claims?

J.D. Tuccille | 5.13.2014 4:06 PM

Policy

Another Frightening Example of Cops Dressing Like Soldiers

Matthew Feeney | 5.7.2014 12:10 PM

Politics

Rep. Chris Stewart: Disarm the Feds!

Matt Welch | 5.6.2014 1:58 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Benghazi, WHCD, Obscure Fed Agencies w/ Guns, Bullying, Cinco de Mayo, Gavin McInnes, Sherrod Small, Rep. Chris Stewart…Plus You Pick the F-Block, and Sexy After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.5.2014 8:15 PM

Police

Not Just Hollywood: Nearly a Dozen Police Cruisers Respond to Possible "Crazed" DUI Suspect; Cops Come Guns Drawn

Ed Krayewski | 4.2.2014 2:15 PM

Politics

The Death of the Constitutional Militia and the Rise of the Military-Police State

Nick Gillespie | 3.10.2014 8:49 AM

Politics

California Pols Blame BB Guns, Not Militarized Cops

Steven Greenhut | 2.14.2014 12:00 PM

War on Drugs

Vid: Police Shoot, Kill 80-Year-Old Man In His Own Bed, Don't Find the Drugs They Were Looking For

Zach Weissmueller | 2.13.2014 11:00 AM

Police Abuse

What Third Amendment? SWAT Team Used Woman's Home During Stand-off at Neighbor's House, Didn't Tell Her in Advance

Don't call SWAT soldiers?

Ed Krayewski | 2.10.2014 1:36 PM

Civil Liberties

As Many as Nine Cops Raid Home Over Alleged Credit Card Fraud, Destroy Security Camera, Apparently Find Nothing They Were Looking For, Make Unrelated Arrests

Ankeny police in Des Moines, Iowa

Ed Krayewski | 2.4.2014 1:42 PM

Civil Liberties

Woman Collapses in Courthouse, Dies, Attorney Says She Was Stressed By Commando-Style Raid on Her Home, Husband's Arrest

Family already suing over raid

Ed Krayewski | 2.2.2014 11:55 AM

Politics

Brilliant "Let the Fire Burn" Explores 1985 MOVE Bombing by Cops in Philadelphia

Q&A w/ Jason Osder

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 1.23.2014 4:10 PM

Politics

Border Agency "Discovered" That It Lent Predator Drones Almost 200 More Times Than Previously Disclosed

Zenon Evans | 1.16.2014 4:38 PM

Policy

Police Militarization is Not Inevitable: 58 Percent Think It's Already Going Too Far

37 percent believe treating Americans like a hostile population is "necessary"

Ed Krayewski | 12.18.2013 9:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Cops Stage Drug Raid—And, Oh Yeah, Accidentally Kill a Woman

J.D. Tuccille | 12.17.2013 3:41 PM

Politics

58 Percent Say Police Departments Using Drones, Military Weapons Goes Too Far, 60 Percent of Tea Partiers Agree

Emily Ekins | 12.17.2013 2:25 PM

Politics

58 Percent Say Police Departments Using Drones, Military Weapons Goes Too Far, 60 Percent of Tea Partiers Agree

Emily Ekins | 12.17.2013 2:24 PM

Policy

Wyoming Counties the Latest to Snag Surplus Military Armored Vehicles

For reasons!

Reason Staff | 12.10.2013 4:30 PM

Policy

LA County Sheriffs Charged with Systematic Abuse, Corruption in Federal Case

Nick Gillespie | 12.10.2013 8:57 AM

Politics

Replay: Fullerton Cops Go on Trial for Killing Schizophrenic Homeless Man Kelly Thomas

Nick Gillespie | 12.8.2013 8:06 PM

Politics

Former Reasoner Radley Balko Headed to WashPost From HuffPost

Nick Gillespie | 12.4.2013 1:34 PM

Politics

New York Police Departments Get Military Vehicles

Zenon Evans | 11.25.2013 6:50 PM

Politics

Police in Columbia, South Carolina and 499 Other Cities Get "Free" Tanks

Nick Gillespie | 11.18.2013 9:05 AM