Criminal Justice

Politics

Anaheim Riots Spotlight Need for Broad Police Reform

The city's law enforcement culture values aggressiveness over community policing.

Steven Greenhut | 7.27.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Cop Block Founder Modifies Car to Record Cops on the Sly

Calvin Thompson | 7.27.2012 10:14 AM

Policy

Left and Right Agree: Only Crazy People Oppose Reviving the 'Assault Weapon' Ban

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2012 5:54 PM

Politics

Obama Still Thinks the Second Amendment Is About Hunting

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2012 12:42 PM

Politics

Reason Writers on Russia Today: Scott Shackford (Again!) on Anaheim Shooting, Protests

Reason Staff | 7.25.2012 5:45 PM

Policy

The Times on Guns: Still Tendentious, but Improving

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2012 4:24 PM

Politics

Anaheim Police Deals with Community Upset at Their Propensity for Shooting at Them By Shooting at Them Even More

Scott Shackford | 7.25.2012 2:55 PM

Politics

20 Years of On-Duty Sex, Plus Overtime, Cop Retired Early at 42 with 7 Years of Health Benefits

Ed Krayewski | 7.25.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

Outrage Is Not an Argument

Politicians should resist demands to do something about guns in response to the Aurora massacre.

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Watch Live: Anaheim Protestors Refusing to Disperse

Scott Shackford | 7.24.2012 11:53 PM

Civil Liberties

Mayor Bloomberg Says Cops Should Go On Strike Until Americans Give Up Their Guns

Mike Riggs | 7.24.2012 11:03 AM

Policy

Remnants of Prohibition, and Other Laws That Don't Work As Advertised

Jesse Walker | 7.24.2012 9:43 AM

Policy

Reason Writers on Russia Today: Scott Shackford on Anaheim Shooting, Recording Law Enforcement

Reason Staff | 7.23.2012 7:52 PM

Policy

D.C. Police Officially Declare Photography Is Not a Crime

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2012 6:53 PM

Policy

Florida Police Changed The Real Suspect's Charges to Attempted Murder After They Fatally Shot Andrew Scott Instead

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.23.2012 6:07 PM

Policy

Did the Vicodin Make Him Do It?

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2012 3:09 PM

Politics

Boston Police Overtime Scandal: Drug Unit Clocked in 900 Court Hours Not Needed by DA's Office

Ed Krayewski | 7.23.2012 2:03 PM

Politics

North Dakota the New Center for Drone Concerns

Calvin Thompson | 7.23.2012 1:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Anaheim Cops Shoot Rubber Bullets, Unleash Dog on Crowd Protesting Police Shooting

Nick Gillespie | 7.22.2012 5:30 PM

Politics

More on Batman Shooter: Joker Referenced, Fandom and Cosplayers Blamed

Scott Shackford | 7.20.2012 5:33 PM

Policy

Cop Took Cell Phone Used to Film Him, Lawsuit Alleges Retaliation

Ed Krayewski | 7.20.2012 3:22 PM

Policy

The Map of Florida: Gun Control and Firearm Death Rates

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2012 2:27 PM

Policy

Brady Campaign's Response to Aurora Murders: Guns Bad

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2012 11:12 AM

Politics

Obama Administration Will Review Clarence Aaron's Commutation Petition and the Clemency Process

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2012 12:13 PM

Politics

California's Ballot Initiatives: A Top Ten List Too Boring for Letterman or Buzzfeed

Scott Shackford | 7.18.2012 4:52 PM

Politics

Constitution, Schmonstitution, Bloomberg Says

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 1:14 PM

Politics

Why Refute Lies When You Can Throw Liars in Jail?

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2012 3:07 PM

Politics

Enyclopedia Brown: The Grown-Up Years

Jesse Walker | 7.17.2012 12:33 PM

Politics

Detroit Police Unions Seriously Wonder Why Their Officers Are Paid So Little

Scott Shackford | 7.16.2012 7:07 PM

Policy

Newark's Mayor Calls the Drug War 'Big Overgrown Government at Its Worst'

Jacob Sullum | 7.16.2012 7:06 PM

Politics

Drone Records Gush from FAA Spigot, But Privacy Issues Not a Priority

Scott Shackford | 7.16.2012 2:43 PM

Politics

Seth Adams Investigation Findings Imminent; Sheriff Says They "Verify Exactly" What He's Thought Since the Beginning Anyway

Ed Krayewski | 7.16.2012 1:23 PM

Politics

Florida Police Knock on Wrong Door at 1:30 a.m. Without Identifying Themselves, Then Fatally Shoot Armed Resident

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.16.2012 11:15 AM

Policy

Houston Police Kill Unarmed Man, Allegedly Took Witness' Cellphone When She Tried to Record

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.13.2012 8:00 PM

Policy

From Bootlegging to Pot Trafficking

The outlaws of Marion County, Kentucky, defy one Prohibition after another.

Mike Riggs | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

FBI: Zimmerman Not Racist, Occupy Riot in L.A., Anybody Serious About the Deficit?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Why Not Let Cops Stop People for Unbuckled Seat Belts?

Jacob Sullum | 7.13.2012 3:50 AM

Politics

353-Day Probe Exonerates BART Cop Who Shot Transient 25 Seconds After Showing up at Platform

Ed Krayewski | 7.11.2012 3:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Video Shows San Antonio Cop Beating a Handcuffed Pregnant Woman [UPDATED]

Mike Riggs | 7.11.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

Killing California's Costly Death Penalty

Tracy Oppenheimer | 7.11.2012 11:13 AM

Politics

Stopping Crime Before It Starts

Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.

Ronald Bailey | 7.10.2012 5:00 PM

Politics

Houston Student Detained for 12 Hours After Warning Drivers of Speed Trap

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.10.2012 4:58 PM

Politics

Deadly Hug Shooting Under Review, Obama Also Outsources, Doctors on Lance Armstrong's Team Banned: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.10.2012 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Roughed Up Ex-Nun Visiting Nursing Home, Lawsuit Alleges

Ed Krayewski | 7.10.2012 3:56 PM

Politics

Drone Code of Conduct Says and Accomplishes Nothing

Calvin Thompson | 7.10.2012 3:05 PM

Policy

Travis Jones Spent Three Months in a St. Louis Jail Due to Mistaken Identity; the Real Culprit Was Behind Bars the Whole Time

Mike Riggs | 7.10.2012 1:08 PM

Politics

Police Ask for More Cell Records, Oregon May Vote to Legalize Pot, "Fast and Furious" Suspects Named: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.9.2012 4:30 PM