Criminal Justice

Culture

The Year the Crusade Against 'Rape Culture' Stumbled

The movement capitalized on sympathy for victims of sexual assault to promote gender warfare, misinformation, and moral panic.

Cathy Young | 12.26.2014 11:22 AM

Police

Dallas Cop Disarms Armed Suspect Without Shooting at Him

Ed Krayewski | 12.26.2014 11:12 AM

Police

Merry Christmas, Rudolph!

Charles Oliver | 12.25.2014 6:00 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

Politics

Teen Fatally Shot by Police Officer at Suburban St. Louis Gas Station

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.24.2014 9:30 AM

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

Militarization of Police

Rand Paul: Demilitarize the Police! New York: Bulletproof Everything!

Scott Shackford | 12.22.2014 5:10 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

Detroit

Investigation into Overtime Fraud at Detroit Police Department Expanding

Ed Krayewski | 12.22.2014 2:18 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

Politics

NYPD Freakout: "We've Become a 'Wartime' Police Department"

Ed Krayewski | 12.22.2014 9:32 AM

Politics

In the Rush to Blame Everyone for the Shooting of NYPD Cops, Don't Forget to Include the Actual Shooter

Nick Gillespie | 12.21.2014 10:09 AM

NYPD

Two Cops Shot and Killed in New York City in "Ambush" and "Assassination," Says Commish

Ed Krayewski | 12.20.2014 9:07 PM

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

Chicago

Chicago Tribune Uses Science to Demolish Windy City's Corrupt Red Light Camera Program

Scott Shackford | 12.19.2014 11:25 AM

Culture

And the Award for Fattest American Workers Goes to… Cops

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.19.2014 10:10 AM

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