Criminal Justice

Violent Crime Decreases After San Francisco Stopped Prosecuting Drug Users

Zach Weissmueller | 12.6.2014 6:00 PM

NYPD Cop Shoots Unarmed Man, Texts Union Rep Instead of Calling for Help

Anthony Fisher | 12.5.2014 4:49 PM

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Eric Garner's Death Shows How Stupid Laws Help Get People Killed

Why do Americans want to trust an institution that will kill you over failure to pay a cigarette tax?

David Harsanyi | 12.5.2014 4:30 PM

Trial of Kettle Falls Five for Growing Medical Marijuana Postponed

Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2014 3:30 PM

Some Information from Garner Grand Jury; Cop Needed to Know There Was "Substantial Risk" of Killing Garner

Brian Doherty | 12.5.2014 2:11 PM

Of Course Racism Was a Factor in Eric Garner's Death; Identifying It Isn't a Solution

Ed Krayewski | 12.5.2014 2:02 PM

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Now Hillary Clinton Cares About Criminal Justice Reform

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.5.2014 1:00 PM

"…And a War in the Middle East"

Ed Krayewski | 12.5.2014 12:21 PM

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Listen Up, Liberals: Make Everything Illegal, Create More Eric Garners

Robby Soave | 12.5.2014 12:17 PM

Friday Funnies: Who Can't Be Indicted?

Chip Bok | 12.5.2014 7:00 AM

Police

Eyes on the Road

Charles Oliver | 12.5.2014 6:00 AM

DOJ Finds Pattern and Practice of Excessive Force at Cleveland Police, For the Second Time in Ten Years

Ed Krayewski | 12.4.2014 5:23 PM

S.C. Cop Indicted on Murder Charge for Fatal 2011 Shooting Prosecutors Say He Was the Aggressor In

Ed Krayewski | 12.4.2014 4:32 PM

Forget Eric Garner: Cops Should Want More Cameras Covering Their Every Move

Nick Gillespie | 12.4.2014 4:24 PM

Anthony L. Fisher to Discuss Eric Garner Case on The Blaze and WEZS-AM Radio

Anthony Fisher | 12.4.2014 4:12 PM

In Phoenix, Another Fatal Police Shooting, Over a Bottle of Pills

Ed Krayewski | 12.4.2014 2:28 PM

Body Cameras for Police Are a Powerful Tool, Not a Cure-All

Scott Shackford | 12.4.2014 12:30 PM

The Obama Administration Is Fighting the Release of Videos Showing The Force-Feeding of Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay

If the government believes what it does at Gitmo is humane, it ought to release the videos and prove it.

Steve Chapman | 12.4.2014 12:00 PM

Glenn Reynolds: "We have in this country an issue with police being too quick to escalate force"

Matt Welch | 12.4.2014 11:57 AM

U.S. Attorney's Office Refuses to Talk About Ramarley Graham Investigation or About the Process of Investigating Deaths in Police Custody in General

Ed Krayewski | 12.4.2014 11:44 AM

Rep. Justin Amash Says Eric Garner Killing Was "Clearly Excessive Force." He's Right.

Peter Suderman | 12.4.2014 11:20 AM

The Last Words of Eric Garner

The ultimate political litmus test

Jesse Walker | 12.4.2014 11:01 AM

Michael Brown

The Ferguson Distraction

A distraction from racist police violence

Sheldon Richman | 12.4.2014 10:45 AM

Eric Garner Protesters Shut Down West Side Highway

Anthony Fisher | 12.4.2014 10:19 AM

Eric Garner's Murder Reveals the Ugly Core of Government and Law Enforcement

J.D. Tuccille | 12.4.2014 9:20 AM

Eric Holder Is Right: The Cop Who Killed Eric Garner Should Face a Federal Civil Rights Investigation

Damon Root | 12.4.2014 9:13 AM

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Justice Was Not Served in Ferguson. What Happens Now?

If we fail to address this maturely, it will lead us further down the path to a police state.

Andrew Napolitano | 12.4.2014 7:00 AM

What We Saw at Tonight's Eric Garner Protest

Demonstrators pack the streets of Midtown Manhattan.

Jim Epstein | 12.3.2014 10:15 PM

Eric Garner Protesters Stage "Die-In" at Grand Central Station

Anthony Fisher and Jim Epstein | 12.3.2014 7:32 PM

Why Bill De Blasio's Comments on Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision Are Full of Shit

Ed Krayewski | 12.3.2014 6:21 PM

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Nanny State

Man Arrested for Holding a Banana

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.3.2014 5:10 PM

Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Was Previously Kicked off Force for 'Dismal' Gun Performance, Emotional Instability

Robby Soave | 12.3.2014 4:55 PM

NYPD Chief Bratton Uses Unfortunate Metaphor of 'Breathing Room' to Describe How Cops Could Handle Garner Protests

Brian Doherty | 12.3.2014 4:44 PM

Social Pressure Works: Court Orders Stay of Execution for Scott Panetti

Stephanie Slade | 12.3.2014 4:12 PM

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Eric Garner's Death Won't Even Show Up in FBI Stats on Police Homicides

Scott Shackford | 12.3.2014 3:55 PM

"The Policies That Killed Eric Garner"

Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 3:43 PM

Alameda County Sheriff Secretly Buys Two Drones

Paul Detrick | 12.3.2014 3:28 PM

Sometimes Cameras Don't Help: Grand Jury Declines to Indict Cop Who Put Eric Garner in Fatal Chokehold

Ed Krayewski | 12.3.2014 2:58 PM

NYPD Chokehold Cop Not Indicted in Death of Eric Garner

Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 2:26 PM

The Right Side of Death

Why some conservatives are changing their minds on capital punishment

Stephanie Slade | 12.3.2014 12:27 PM

Stephanie Slade on Whether the Tide of Conservative Support for the Death Penalty is Finally Changing

Reason Staff | 12.3.2014 12:27 PM

Will Grand Jury Investigating Eric Garner's Choking Death Lead to New Outrage?

Scott Shackford | 12.3.2014 11:30 AM

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Cops Seize Man's Property, Freeze Bank Accounts—And He Wishes They Would Charge Him with a Crime

Robby Soave | 12.3.2014 11:20 AM

Albuquerque PD Fires Cop For Not Turning Body Cam On Before Fatal Shooting, Cop's Lawyer Claims Unfair Treatment

Ed Krayewski | 12.3.2014 10:31 AM

Texas to Execute Severely Mentally Ill Man Tonight Despite Public Outcry (Updated)

Lauren Krisai | 12.3.2014 9:05 AM