Criminal Justice Reform Groups Pan Trump's No-Good Speech on Crime
"What we heard runs counter to what American law enforcement knows to be true: Our country's crime rates are at historic lows."
Criminal Justice
Austin Cop Tells Black Teacher His Partner Slammed Into Ground That Black People Have 'Violent Tendencies'
Release of video of incident leads police chief to respond.
North Miami PBA on Shooting of Unarmed Black Man: Meant to Shoot The Autistic Patient With the Toy Truck
Union chief says it's "not what the rest of country" was going through.
Trump Campaign Manager Implies the FBI Might Be Cooking Crime Stats to Make Hillary Clinton Look Good
Is this the first post-reality campaign?
America Is Greater When We Don't Let Fear Win
America's greatness will never grow by giving people more reasons to hate than hope.
Cop Uses 'High-Powered Rifle' to Shoot Child's Dog Through Fence
During a birthday party for a 5 year old while serving a 10-year-old warrant.
Unaccountable Police Unions Endanger Minorities and Everyone Else
Obama and conservatives need to stop beating around the bush and confront police unions squarely.
America's Jails and Prisons Have Become Cruel, Expensive Institutions for the Mentally and Physically Disabled
Inmates in prisons and jails are three to four times more likely than average to report having a disability, new report finds.
Want to Stop the Shooting of Innocent Police Officers? Rein In Police Unions
They insulate the worst offenders from accountability, breeding frustration and resentment
Another Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Case
Judge clears Lt. Brian Rice of all charges
Faulty Tests Create Fake Drug Crimes
Cops and prosecutors continue to put unjustified faith in notoriously unreliable field kits.
There Is No War on Cops
A new book from a prominent right-wing commentator fails to make the case.
Ryan Says House Will Vote on Criminal Justice Reform Bills in September
Paul Ryan says he intends to get six criminal justice bills to the floor of the House in September. The House Judiciary Committee has already advanced four.
Black Dignity Matters
Research shows that police do subject African Americans to much greater unwarranted scrutiny and harsher treatment
Biased Policing and Black Dignity: New at Reason
New studies show that increasing police stops and searches of black male drivers is completely unjustified
Lying Drug Tests Incriminate Innocent People
Unreliable field kits result in false convictions as well as false accusations.
Police Body Camera Footage in Killing of Dylan Noble in Fresno Released
Matches earlier police accounts of Noble's hands going behind his back, shouting about hating his life.
Drop That Red Cup! City Criminalizes College Parties
A misdemeanor to be 'present at, attend or participate in a loud or unruly gathering.'
Will the Dallas Shootings Make Passing Criminal Justice Reform More Difficult?
This year was supposed to be the best chance for Congress to pass criminal justice reform-but a heavy lift probably just got a little heavier.
Prairie State Plunder
What Illinois got when law enforcement grabbed $72 million in property using asset forfeiture
Cops, Blacks, and Crime
Beware of people who claim to have simple answers to America's race and crime problems. And beware of the media, which make it seem like life is getting worse.
Criticism Does Not Kill Cops
Tarring opponents as accomplices to murder is deadly to debate.
If You Like the War on Drugs, You'll Love the War on Guns!
The police got militarized to fight drugs. If you thought the drug war was racist, how do you think the gun war will look?
Do We Live in a Nation Riven Asunder Over Race, Policing and Crime?
Matt Welch talks about our wobbly state of the union on tonight's Kennedy.
We Need a Different, Better Conversation on Race and Public Policy
Blacks and whites are talking past each other instead of connecting. Sadly, there's no reason to think anything will change soon.
Cops Can Stop Harassing People, if Voters and Politicians Stop Pushing Laws That Make Them
The power's with the people.
Baton Rouge Protesters Flee to Private Property, Militarized Police Chase Them Off and Arrest Many
Black Lives Matter's DeRay Mckesson and Breitbart News' Lee Stranahan among over 100 journalists and protesters arrested over the weekend.
Yes, Sharing Your Netflix Password Is a Federal Crime. No, This Isn't New.
The worst tech law in the country continues to criminalize citizens.
'Tens of Thousands' Wrongly Convicted Based on Unreliable Drug Tests
A crumb on the floor of your car can make you a felon, even if it's just a crumb.
Watch Matt Welch Talk Policing and Black Lives Matter on MSNBC's AM Joy at 10 a.m. ET
Sorting through a lousy week in police-citizenry relations
State and Local Spending On Prisons Has Grown Three Times as Fast as Spending on Schools, Says New Report
Young black males without a high school diploma are more likely to be incarcerated than employed.
