Criminal Justice

Policy

Help the Cops Chill Out

How law enforcement can be made more compatible with Americans' liberty.

Ed Krayewski | 1.6.2015 10:00 AM

Policy

Congress Can Help Fight Police Abuse by Ending Incentives to Seize Assets

The Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act would help take the profit motive out of law enforcement

Scott Shackford | 1.6.2015 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Journalist Busted in Ferguson Fights Back in Court

Aaron Malin | 1.6.2015 7:00 AM

Police

We'll Get It Right Next Time

Charles Oliver | 1.6.2015 6:00 AM

Politics

On The Independents: Rep. Thomas Massie on the House Leadership Fight, Peter Suderman on the Gas Tax, Huckabee 2016, #BlackBrunchMatters, NYPD Blue, Harshing Sleds, the Bullet Train to Madera, and After-show

Matt Welch | 1.5.2015 8:10 PM

NYPD

NYPD Continues to Not Arrest People. Are New Yorkers Envying, Eating the Dead, Yet?

Scott Shackford and Jason Keisling | 1.5.2015 6:32 PM

Culture

Guy Who Attacked Female Worker Is a 'Hulking Brute.' Oh Wait, He's a Cop? Nevermind.

Robby Soave | 1.5.2015 2:18 PM

Politics

Data on Shootings by Police is Even Worse Than We Thought

Anthony Fisher | 1.5.2015 1:40 PM

Economics

Altoona's Privately Funded Drug War

One form of privatization we can do without

Jesse Walker | 1.5.2015 10:42 AM

Civil Liberties

Robocop, Circa 1924: "The Radio Automata Have No Equal"

Nick Gillespie | 1.5.2015 9:45 AM

Policy

Is Obama the Drug Warrior Becoming Obama the Reformer?

The president has begun to deliver on promises of a more rational, less punitive approach to psychoactive substances.

Jacob Sullum | 1.5.2015 1:00 AM

Politics

Eric Garner Protesters Shut Down West Side Highway

Anthony Fisher | 1.3.2015 3:00 PM

Politics

Best of 2014: Revenge Porn is Bad. But Should it be Illegal?

Amanda Winkler | 1.3.2015 10:07 AM

Civil Liberties

12 Times the Police Used Deadly Force Under Questionable Circumstances in 2014

From Eric Garner to John Crawford to Tamir Rice.

Ed Krayewski | 1.2.2015 1:30 PM

NYPD

New York Times Wants NYPD to Do the Impossible: Enforce All the Laws, Even the Constitutionally Questionable Ones, While Practicing 'Constitutional' Policing

Ed Krayewski | 1.2.2015 11:35 AM

Tasers

Being Homeless in Miami May Lead to a Tasering

Scott Shackford | 1.2.2015 11:15 AM

Policy

Is Obama Finally Ready to Dial Back the War on Drugs?

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2015 11:12 AM

Politics

Friday A/V Club: Watch New York Cops Riot Against the Mayor—in 1992

An earlier—and rowdier—revolt at the NYPD

Jesse Walker | 1.2.2015 10:43 AM

Politics

More Police WTF: Alabama Man Shot, Killed by Police While Turning in Stray Cat

Nick Gillespie | 1.2.2015 10:29 AM

Police

Do the Police Know Detroit's Broke? They're Investigating One Piece of Anti-Cop Graffiti

Ed Krayewski | 1.1.2015 4:03 PM

Policy

Candid Camera Cops

Recording law enforcement

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.1.2015 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Best of 2014: Killer or Artist? Why Rap is on Trial.

Paul Detrick | 1.1.2015 11:32 AM

Politics

Best of 2014: "Sex, Spice and Small-Town Texas Justice: The Purple Zone Raid"

Anthony Fisher | 1.1.2015 9:00 AM

Police Abuse

Scott Walker Doesn't Know If Correct Decision Was Made in Dontre Hamilton Investigation, Not Getting Involved

Ed Krayewski | 12.31.2014 2:35 PM

Police

Mentally Ill Man Posts Police Threats on YouTube, Shot to Death by Cops From Three Jurisdictions Trying to Arrest Him

Ed Krayewski | 12.31.2014 12:31 PM

Militarization of Police

Feds Sent Almost As Much Military Hardware to Local Cops After Ferguson Protests As They Did Before, Despite Lip Service from Obama

Ed Krayewski | 12.31.2014 10:47 AM

Politics

"We Need Our Police to be Better Than This"

Nick Gillespie | 12.31.2014 9:26 AM

Politics

Ellen Degeneres-Inspired 'Dance Dare' Prankster Gets Thrown to the Ground by NYPD

Anthony Fisher | 12.31.2014 7:05 AM

Politics

On The Independents: Scalise's Dukey, NYPD Slowdown, Disputed Hack, Obama on Race, More Grubering, the Big (and Forgotten) Stories of 2014, a New Enemy of Freedom, and Punch-drunk After-show!

Matt Welch | 12.30.2014 8:27 PM

Policy

Lifetime Registration for Juvenile Sex Offenders Overturned in Pennsylvania

Jacob Sullum | 12.30.2014 4:47 PM

Policy

NPR Discovers the Dire Effects of Petty Law Enforcement Regarding Drivers Licenses

Brian Doherty | 12.30.2014 12:53 PM

Police

NYPD Punishes City by Not Citing, Arresting Citizens as Much. Oh, No!

Scott Shackford | 12.30.2014 11:40 AM

Police

Civilian and Police Homicide Rates Roughly Comparable

Ronald Bailey | 12.30.2014 11:36 AM

Police Abuse

Rules of the Road

Charles Oliver | 12.30.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Body Cameras for Police Only Work When On: Did Utah Police Killing of Iraq Vet Sgt. Nicholas McGehee Go Down Like Police Claim?

Brian Doherty | 12.29.2014 11:23 PM

Politics

The Independents Rides Again, With Lenore Skenazy, Kyle Smith, Mugshot Monday, NSA Document Dumps, The Interview, NYPD vs. BdB, and More

Matt Welch | 12.29.2014 8:32 PM

Police Abuse

Lawsuit Over Fatal Police Shooting of Marine in California Delayed Again, DA Still Deciding Whether to Charge Another Marine

Ed Krayewski | 12.29.2014 7:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Autopsy Reveals LAPD Anti-Gang Cops Shot Ezell Ford in Back at Close Range

Brian Doherty | 12.29.2014 5:28 PM

Policy

Police Informant Says His Lies Killed a Harmless Pot Smoker

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2014 2:27 PM

Politics

Instapundit: Excessive Tribalism Poisons Both Sides of Police-Violence Debate

Nick Gillespie | 12.29.2014 11:54 AM

Civil Liberties

Bloomington to Bill Protesters for Police Presence at 'Black Lives Matter' Demonstration in Mall of America

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.29.2014 11:30 AM

Protests

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

Scott Shackford | 12.29.2014 11:20 AM

DEA

Sex, Spice, and Small-Town Texas Justice

A rogue prosecutor makes the war on drugs personal.

Anthony Fisher | 12.27.2014 1:30 PM

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