Criminal Justice

Police

Killing of Police Officers Down for Second Year

Scott Shackford | 11.24.2014 2:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Immigrant Sex Workers Say They're Victimized by NYPD, Not Traffickers

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.24.2014 2:03 PM

Civil Liberties

What the International Olympic Committee Looks for in a Host City

Hint: It's not a restrained police force.

Jesse Walker | 11.24.2014 12:03 PM

Policy

Affirmative Consent Is Spreading

New Jersey and New Hampshire consider "yes means yes" bills

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.24.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

A Cannabis Crackdown Contracts

After rising dramatically, marijuana arrests are falling and the trend seems likely to continue.

Jacob Sullum | 11.24.2014 8:30 AM

Police Abuse

By Thor

Charles Oliver | 11.24.2014 6:00 AM

Guns

Cleveland Cop Shoots 12-Year-Old Boy Dead for Playing with Toy Gun

Robby Soave | 11.23.2014 6:54 PM

Civil Liberties

VID: Ferguson Grand Jury Decides–Police Press Conference (Parody)

Paul Detrick and Justin Monticello | 11.22.2014 7:00 PM

Politics

Another Rapper Has His Own Rap Lyrics Used Against Him

Paul Detrick | 11.22.2014 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Ahead of Grand Jury Decision Watch Reason TV's Coverage From Ferguson

Paul Detrick and Zach Weissmueller | 11.22.2014 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Brooklyn Man Killed By Police Officer, For No Actual Reason at All; An "Accident" Says NYPD

Brian Doherty | 11.21.2014 6:02 PM

Culture

A Different Way for Libertarians to Look at 'Rape Culture'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.21.2014 5:05 PM

Michael Brown

Federal Judge Orders Police Not to Interfere with Recording in Ferguson

Scott Shackford | 11.21.2014 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

San Diego Rapper, and Suspected Gang Member, Tiny Doo Faces Potential 25 Years in Prison Over Lyrics, Album Cover Depicting a Gun

Brian Doherty | 11.21.2014 1:37 PM

Puppycide

Buffalo Police Shot 92 Dogs Since 2011; More Than a Quarter By One Cop Alone

Ed Krayewski | 11.21.2014 12:50 PM

Surveillance

Surveillance Sneaking Its Way Into Cities

ACLU 'model ordinance' would at least require a public debate

Steven Greenhut | 11.21.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

After Rising Dramatically, Marijuana Arrests Are Falling in New York City and Across the Country

Jacob Sullum | 11.21.2014 7:15 AM

Michael Brown

Darren Wilson in Negotiations to Resign from Ferguson Police Department

Ed Krayewski | 11.20.2014 11:40 PM

Civil Liberties

'Sex Purchasers' to Be Branded Online Indefinitely in Orange County

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.20.2014 4:52 PM

Police Abuse

Cops Throw Smoke Grenade Into Room With 2-Year-Old, Family Says They Warned Police in Apparent Wrong Door Raid

Ed Krayewski | 11.20.2014 1:30 PM

Civil Liberties

At Least 40 Federal Agencies Now Conduct Undercover Operations

Proliferating spies

Jesse Walker | 11.20.2014 10:33 AM

Sex Crimes

Special Victims Unit

Charles Oliver | 11.20.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Senators Feinstein, Portman Want to Expand Wiretapping Authority to Combat Sex Trafficking

Another anti-sex trafficking bill from Sen. Dianne Feinstein that uses inflated fears about the issue to push unconstitutional expansions of federal law enforcement power

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.19.2014 5:15 PM

Culture

Gandhi vs. the Mafia

An anti-crime crusade conducted by neither cops nor vigilantes.

Jesse Walker | 11.19.2014 4:30 PM

Government employees

Byzantine Civil Service Fight in New Orleans Leads to 20 Percent Raises for Police Officers

Ed Krayewski | 11.19.2014 3:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Here Is the Ferguson-Inspired Nickelback Song You Didn't Know You Wanted

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.19.2014 3:20 PM

Police Abuse

Cleveland Settles For $3 Million in Fatal Car Chase That Ended With 13 Cops Firing 137 Shots, Killing Two

Ed Krayewski | 11.18.2014 3:52 PM

Prisons

Why Is California Fighting the Release of Non-Violent Inmates? Cheap Labor.

Scott Shackford | 11.18.2014 3:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Most States Project Prison Populations to Keep Growing

The number of inmates in state prisons is set to rise 3 percent by 2018 and reverse a recent downward trend.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.18.2014 12:25 PM

Police

Honor the Vets

Charles Oliver | 11.18.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Campouts and Corpses in an Urban Park

Exploring an infamous wilderness in West Baltimore.

Jesse Walker | 11.17.2014 2:44 PM

Policy

All's Quiet (So Far) on the Ferguson Front

J.D. Tuccille and Aaron Malin | 11.17.2014 12:28 PM

Civil Asset Forfeiture

D.C. Police's Asset Forfeitures Are Very Lucrative and Very Petty

Scott Shackford | 11.17.2014 11:05 AM

Police Abuse

Colorado Cop Charged With Second Degree Murder

Ed Krayewski | 11.17.2014 10:15 AM

Politics

Former Cop Earns Federal Indictment for Teaching How to Pass a Polygraph!

Nick Gillespie | 11.17.2014 10:02 AM

Civil Liberties

Man Imprisoned for Murder Based on Rap Videos

Paul Detrick | 11.15.2014 10:30 AM