Criminal Justice
Dangerous People and Deadly Force
The priority for government agencies is to push the development of safer, more reliable and more effective weapons that can spare law enforcement agents awful choices.
Florida Speed Trap Town Dissolving Police Force
State was investigating possible illegal ticket quotas
Contra the Media, We're Safer Now Than Ever Before
We wax nostalgic about the past, but the past was much nastier than today.
Florida Cop Fires Stun Gun at 62-Year-Old Bystander's Back
Police "done tased a lady for nothing"
Black Women Profiled as Prostitutes in NYC
A new report from the Red Umbrella Project makes clear that NYPD profiling isn't only focused on men.
Rand Paul, Racism, and Prison
Paul has had a busy summer trying to roll back mandatory minimum sentencing, bar federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients, and restrain civil forfeiture laws.
The Brightest Spot in Holder's Record
How the attorney general tried to make criminal justice less senselessly punitive
'All Hell Broke Loose' After Ferguson Police Chief Joined Protesters
Police Chief Jackson's apology did not go over well.
South Carolina Cop Actually Charged in Unprovoked Shooting
Is the whole militarized police thing provoking pushback?
