Criminal Justice

Police Abuse

Cop Cams May Just Empower the Surveillance State

Instead of curbing abuse, cop cams could be surveillance cameras with feet.

Brian Thomas | 10.7.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

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

Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2014 11:50 PM

Police Abuse

Ct. Police Department Trying to Do Right, Terminates Cop Involved in Beating That State's Attorney Refused to Handle

Ed Krayewski | 10.6.2014 1:38 PM

Civil Liberties

What the Hannah Graham Disappearance Says About U.S. Culture and the Media

The dangers of "Missing White Woman Syndrome."

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.6.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Today at SCOTUS: Police Errors vs. the Fourth Amendment

Damon Root | 10.6.2014 8:40 AM

Politics

Must Conservatives Be Cop Lovers?

Rand Paul challenges fellow Republicans to rethink their reflexive support of law enforcement.

Jacob Sullum | 10.5.2014 8:00 AM

Guantanamo

Judge Orders Release of Videos Showing Gitmo Force-Feeding

Media outlets had been fighting for the release

Reason Staff | 10.3.2014 2:35 PM

Michael Brown

More Protesters Arrested in Ferguson

More questions of police overreach

Reason Staff | 10.3.2014 1:50 PM

Politics

Does Prison for Real Housewives Stars Teresa and Joe Giudice Really Send a Message?

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2014 1:48 PM

War on Drugs

Deadly Police Raid Over Meth That Wasn't There Based on Tip From Car Thief

Ed Krayewski | 10.3.2014 12:56 PM

Policy

Despite That Awful 'Stand Your Ground' Law, a Florida Jury Manages to Convict Michael Dunn of Murder

Jacob Sullum | 10.3.2014 12:27 PM

Politics

Dormless Community Colleges to Get Government-Imposed Rape-Survivor 'Advocates' Instead of Goddamned Security Guards

Matt Welch | 10.3.2014 12:21 PM

Nanny State

Police Abuse Even a Threat for Backyard Chickens Now

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.3.2014 12:20 PM

Civil Liberties

Federal Court Allows Civil Rights Case Against Baltimore Cop Who Inspired a Character on The Wire

Damon Root | 10.3.2014 10:51 AM

Politics

Welcome Back, SCOTUS: 3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in October 2014

The high court prepares to tackle aggressive police tactics, religious liberty for prisoners, and occupational licensing abuse.

Damon Root | 10.2.2014 4:31 PM

Police Abuse

D.A. Releases Footage of August Police Shooting of Unarmed Man, Ruling It Justified

Ed Krayewski | 10.2.2014 2:28 PM

Policy

Eric Holder Tells Prosecutors to Stop Coercing Guilty Pleas With an Especially Terrifying Sentence Enhancement

Jacob Sullum | 10.1.2014 7:14 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Stossel on the 'Mean' World, Montel Williams on the Marine in Mexico, Plus S.S. Follies, ISIS Folly, the Hong Kong Challenge, the Worst 2016 Presidents, and Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 10.1.2014 6:49 PM

Civil Liberties

Iowa Troopers Steal $100,000 in Poker Winnings From Two Players Driving Through the State

Jacob Sullum | 10.1.2014 4:08 PM

Civil Liberties

Arizona's Sheriff Joe Ordered, Again, to Improve His Abusive Jails

J.D. Tuccille | 10.1.2014 3:38 PM

Police Abuse

Florida Speed Trap Town Dissolving Police Force

State was investigating possible illegal ticket quotas

Reason Staff | 10.1.2014 1:45 PM