Criminal Justice

Protests

Nashville Police Responded Peacefully to Peaceful Protesters, and That Made Some Folks Upset

Scott Shackford | 12.29.2014 11:20 AM

Policy

Bernard Kerik: Anti-Police Rhetoric "Has the Potential to Rip America at its Seams"

Jim Epstein | 12.27.2014 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Dropped Animal Cruelty Case Shows How Authorities Manipulate Grand Juries

J.D. Tuccille | 12.26.2014 2:38 PM

Police Abuse

Ex-Baltimore Cop Alleges Retaliation for Reporting Police Brutality

Ed Krayewski | 12.26.2014 12:17 PM

Public Unions

Affidavit Shows Cop Union Targeting Foes

A case in California spotlights their political 'playbook'

Steven Greenhut | 12.26.2014 11:30 AM

Book Reviews

How Liberals Put Black America Behind Bars

A surprising new history about race and prison

Thaddeus Russell | 12.24.2014 2:00 PM

Police Abuse

Suspended San Jose Cop: "Threaten me or my family and I will use my God given and law appointed right and duty to kill you."

Ed Krayewski | 12.24.2014 12:53 PM

War on Drugs

Top 25 'Christmas Gifts' Cops Took From You or Bought With Your Money

Justin Monticello and Paul Detrick | 12.24.2014 9:00 AM

Cuba

The Fugitive Assata Shakur, U.S.-Cuba Relations, and the So-Called 'Anti-Cop' Movement

Past imperfect

Ed Krayewski | 12.23.2014 4:31 PM

Terrorism

Amanda Marcotte Is Confused

On Ismaaiyl Brinsley and Scott Roeder

Jesse Walker | 12.23.2014 2:09 PM

Police

Cincinnati Cop Charged in Teen Sex Scandal May Not be Only Officer Involved

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.23.2014 12:50 PM

Police Abuse

Buffalo Cop Claims She Was Fired For Stopping Another Cop From Choking a Handcuffed Suspect, That Cop Was Later Accused of Choking Another Cop, Retired With Full Pension

Ed Krayewski | 12.23.2014 11:04 AM

Civil Liberties

Ohio Just Made It a Little Harder to Accidently Commit a Crime

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.23.2014 10:05 AM

NYPD

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Police Unions and the "Anti-Cop" Smear. Works for School Reform and Teachers Unions, Too

Ed Krayewski | 12.23.2014 9:14 AM

Civil Liberties

VID: 'Twas the Night Raid Before Christmas

Justin Monticello, Paul Detrick, and Alex Manning | 12.23.2014 7:25 AM

Politics

The Night Before the Shooting of 2 NYPD Officers, Pro-NYPD Protesters Rallied Outside City Hall

Anthony Fisher | 12.22.2014 6:31 PM

Politics

Neither Criminal Justice Reform nor Rand Paul's Presidential Ambitions Died in That NYPD Car

Matt Welch | 12.22.2014 4:24 PM

Crime

Don't Try to Blame 'Rhetoric' for the Deaths of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos

Cops and politicians try to use a man's crime to marginalize peaceful dissent.

Jesse Walker | 12.22.2014 3:32 PM

Police Abuse

Sotomayor Is Right: SCOTUS Gave Too Much Leeway to the Police in Heien v. North Carolina

Damon Root | 12.22.2014 2:40 PM

Police Abuse

Fired Milwaukee Cop Cleared of Charges Related to Killing of Mentally Ill Man, Could Collect Generous Disability

Ed Krayewski | 12.22.2014 11:01 AM

Civil Liberties

The Authoritarian Response to Andrew Hawkins's Call for Justice

Obey this

Chris Edelson | 12.20.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Cops Seized Couple's $160,000 Wine Collection—And Want to Destroy It All

When it comes to alcohol laws, Pennsylvania is about as close to Saudi Arabia as you can get in America.

Baylen Linnekin | 12.20.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Maybe Montana Didn't Legalize the Summary Execution of Unarmed Trespassers

Jacob Sullum | 12.19.2014 4:44 PM

Police Abuse

SWAT Team Shows Up for Wrong-Something "Man in Distress" Call, Prosecutors Hound Him for Three Years Instead of Apologizing

Ed Krayewski | 12.19.2014 1:17 PM

Public Unions

How Far Will Cop Unions Go to Halt Reform?

A look into the way some police unions across California intimidate political opponents into silence

Steven Greenhut | 12.19.2014 12:00 PM

Police

'Your Eyes Are Kind of Messed-Up Looking,' Says Cop Interrogating Girlfriend of Man Wrongly Killed By Cops

Robby Soave | 12.18.2014 12:19 PM

Civil Asset Forfeiture

Philadelphia Drops Two Asset Forfeiture Cases Amid Legal Battle

Scott Shackford | 12.18.2014 11:35 AM

Death Penalty

Judge Overturns 1944 Conviction of Black 14-Year-Old Put to Death in South Carolina

Ed Krayewski | 12.17.2014 7:32 PM