Criminal Justice

Policy

Local Police Chief Super Sad He Was Forced to Buy Badass Armored Vehicle

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.9.2014 4:55 PM

Police Abuse

Local Reporter Helps Uncover Cop Behind Bathroom Hidden Cam. Cop Admits Guilt, Gets Fired

Ed Krayewski | 6.9.2014 3:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Take These Chains

Charles Oliver | 6.9.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Take These Chains

Charles Oliver | 6.9.2014 6:00 AM

Reasontv

LA County Jail Officers Charged with Federal Crimes; Jail Monitors Respond

Paul Detrick | 6.8.2014 1:00 PM

Civil Liberties

LAPD Acquires Two Drones

Paul Detrick | 6.8.2014 9:30 AM

Police Abuse

The Onion Satirizes Police Brutality

Ed Krayewski | 6.7.2014 10:34 AM

Policy

House Alarm Accidentally Triggered, Cops Shoot Dysplasia-Stricken Dog

Zenon Evans | 6.6.2014 1:51 PM

Policy

Cops Arrest Drunk Guy, Politely Apologize for Giggling at Him

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.6.2014 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Highly Respected Prosecutor Hides Exculpating Evidence, Man Spends 24 Years in Jail for No Reason

Brian Doherty | 6.5.2014 2:41 PM

Civil Liberties

Lessons in Precision of Language When Dealing with Public Officials, Or, "Drug Task Force? What Drug Task Force"?

Brian Doherty | 6.5.2014 2:06 PM

Civil Liberties

Montana Court Suspends Judge Who Said High School Freshman Was 'In Control' of Teacher Rape

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.5.2014 12:31 PM

Politics

This Is Your Country on Drugs Drug-War Raids

Matt Welch | 6.5.2014 12:24 PM

Culture

Some Fine Police Work

Charles Oliver | 6.5.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Some Fine Police Work

Charles Oliver | 6.5.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Cops Cite Fake Trend To Justify Treating Teens Like 'NATO Protesters'

Zenon Evans | 6.4.2014 6:00 PM

Nanny State

Criminalizing Sex Work Clients: the Hot New Anti-Prostitution Strategy That Works About as Well as the Old Strategy

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.4.2014 4:45 PM

Culture

Have Your Local Police Been Properly Trained Not to Have Sex While on the Clock?

Scott Shackford | 6.4.2014 3:35 PM

Civil Liberties

New York Cop Pleads Not Guilty in Police Beating Caught on Tape

Ed Krayewski | 6.4.2014 2:38 PM

Policy

Alameda County Sheriff Sued for Forcing Women To Take Pregnancy Tests

Zenon Evans | 6.4.2014 1:15 PM

Policy

California's Unlikely Pot Crackdown

Scenes from the federal clampdown on medical marijuana in the Golden State after Proposition 19.

Peter Hecht | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

How Cops Became Baby Burners

The horrifying collateral damage inflicted by the war on drugs

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 7:00 AM

World

Brickbat: Chinese Safety

Charles Oliver | 6.4.2014 6:00 AM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Radley Balko on the Flash-Grenaded Baby, Lea Gabrielle and Tom Shillue on the Bergdahl Perplex, Tim Carney on Crony EPA Capitalism, Brian Wise on Operation Chokepoint, Plus Smokin' After-show

Matt Welch | 6.3.2014 8:36 PM

Death Penalty

Louisiana Tries to Bring Back Electric Chair and Make Lethal Injection Drugs Secret, Luckily Fails at Both

Lauren Krisai | 6.3.2014 5:40 PM

Policy

Republicans Say Obama Has a Crappy Clemency Record—and They Want to Keep It That Way

Jacob Sullum | 6.3.2014 4:53 PM

Civil Liberties

Judge Blocks Duke From Expelling Student Accused of Rape

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.3.2014 4:02 PM

Civil Liberties

DOJ Appealing Decisions Against ATF Sting Operations

Ed Krayewski | 6.3.2014 1:31 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: John Tierney, John Bolton, Bryan Suits and K.T. McFarland on Bowe Bergdahl; Plus Coal Regs, NSA Face-Tracking, International Whore Day, Sexy After-show, and a Texas DEA Raid You Will Not Believe

Matt Welch | 6.2.2014 8:09 PM

Policy

Why Did Baby-Burning Drug Warriors Think There Were No Children in the Home They Attacked? [UPDATED]

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2014 1:31 PM

Police Abuse

Cleveland Cops Indicted For Car Chase That Started Over Nothing and Ended With a Fatal Police Shooting

Ed Krayewski | 6.2.2014 12:12 PM

Policy

Anti-Pot Prejudice vs. Federalism

Growing Republican support for letting states go their own way on medical marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: It Takes a Thief

Charles Oliver | 6.2.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

It Takes a Thief

Charles Oliver | 6.2.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Air Force Captain Assaulted for Not Knowing His Neighbor

Tracy Oppenheimer | 6.1.2014 1:00 PM

LGBT

'She Literally Walked the Streets of Downtown Manhattan Like a Gay Superhero'

Storme DeLarverie, RIP

Jesse Walker | 5.31.2014 1:39 PM

Culture

TV's True Victory

Peter Suderman | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Hacker Crackdown

Licensing education innovation

Alyssa Hertig | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Meter Bleeder

Unconstitutional tickets

Brian Doherty | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Quotes

Reason Staff | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Deaf Man, Dumb Cops

Sign language, not a gun

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Police Abuse

Sheriff in Burned Baby Raid Wants Your Prayers; Target of Warrant Could Be Charged For Injuries to Toddler

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2014 7:36 PM

Policy

U.S. Sentencing Commission Pinpoints Billions in Savings in Retroactive Mercy to Those in Prison for Mandatory Minimum Drug Crimes

Brian Doherty | 5.30.2014 7:23 PM

Policy

Yes, Government Law Enforcement Keeps Screwing the Poor

Brian Doherty | 5.30.2014 6:55 PM

Politics

Police Filmed Wrongly Arresting Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate

Zenon Evans | 5.30.2014 4:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Handy Guide Tells You What Rights Border Patrol Is Violating When They Pound on You

J.D. Tuccille | 5.30.2014 4:42 PM