Justice Dept. Wastes No Time Filing Civil Rights Suit Against Ferguson
City Council wanted some changes to agreement to reform police and courts.
Police Abuse
New Lawsuit Attempts to Fix Broken Indiana Property Forfeiture Rules
The schools are supposed to get the funds when police seize assets, but that's not happening.
Tasers Are Bad For Your Brain, Especially When Being Interrogated By Police
Are Miranda warnings valid if a person is experiencing dementia?
Ferguson Resists Federal Demand They Raise Police Wages. Justice Dept. Threatens Legal Action.
Order has nothing to do with city's civil rights problems.
What Rand Paul Brought to the Presidential Race
The Kentucky senator encouraged his fellow Republicans to be more consistently skeptical of big government.
The Justice Dept. Wants to Punish Abusive Ferguson Police with Massive Raises
City that preyed on citizens to fund itself told to cough up even more money.
Donald Trump Gives Confused Donald Trump Answer on Police
Police are mistreated, but police brutality is real and Trump will do something about it even though cops are already worried about losing their jobs.
NYPD Throws People Out of Their Homes Without Ever Proving Criminal Activity
The city's version of 'nuisance abatement' laws are designed to be abused.
Jury Awards $23 Million to Man Shot by Cop Who Didn't Recognize Him, Thought His Cellphone Was a Gun
Cop shot the unarmed man four times in four seconds
Black Lives Matter Activist Deray Mckesson Running for Baltimore Mayor
Says government has to identify its problems and solve them.
Camera-Shy Cops Can Relax
The exoneration of the officer who killed Zachary Hammond shows police have strong defenses against viral videos.
Is NYPD's Police Union Ignoring Trial of Officer Who Killed Unarmed Akai Gurley?
Peter Liang dumped PBA-appointed lawyers, now the union is quiet during trial.
Colorado Man Had Charges Dismissed for Two Separate Bank Robberies, Refiled After He Complained, Plus More Charges Because Fuck You That's Why
The man also alleges police assaulted him during his arrest by a SWAT team.
Is Rising Violence a 'Ferguson Effect'?
Is increase in violent crime an actual trend or just a fluctuation?
Texas Police Turning Into Mobile Debt Collectors
So warns the Electronic Freedom Foundation.
Houston PD Releases Highly Redacted Use of Force Policy to Black Lives Matter, Says It Was AG Decision (Updated)
But the Office of the Attorney General told Reason they had no record of that request.
Rand Paul Covers Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform in Debate Answer on Ferguson
Rand Paul gives Black Lives Matter policy agenda a substantive voice on the debate stage
Our Police at Work: It's Not Public Property. It's State Property! And We'll Make Up a Reason We Bothered You to "Cover Our Ass"
Police are certainly not lacking for a nearly endless variety of petty reasons to harass and force money from you when you bother them by documenting their behavior.
ACLU Documents Racially Skewed Enforcement of Seat Belt Laws
An overlooked alternative: no enforcement
Chicago Police Deliberately Sabotaging Recording Devices, According to Report
Something to keep an eye on as body camera programs are implemented.
Toronto Cop Convicted of Attempted Murder in 2012 Fatal Shooting of Sammy Yatim
Attorney argues the state trained the officer to do what he did, so was not entitled to seek to convict him for it.
Six Cleveland Officers Involved in 2012 Car Chase That Ended With 136 Shots Fired Have Been Terminated
Unclear whether the only officer involved in the chase who was criminally charged was among those fired
DC Prepares for Epic Snowball Fight
Let's hope the police don't bring out their guns this time.
Georgia Cop Who Killed Unarmed, Naked Vet Indicted for Murder by Grand Jury
Will face trial on six charges.
The Twisted Politics of Police Violence in Chicago
Blame shifting and a lack of political accountability perpetuate problems with police, education, and even water.
[*Update: Vote on Justification of Shooting Was Held] Tamir Rice's Grand Jury Never Actually Voted on Charges
No record of a vote exists.
Maryland Lawmakers Attempt Veto Override for Police Forfeiture Reform
New bill would require conviction before police could take ownership of property.
Black Lives Matter/Campaign Zero Activists Launch "Police Use of Force Project"
New website collects use of force polices from 100 major police departments.
Bernie Sanders Calls for "Automatic" Federal Investigations of Deaths in Police Custody
At tonight's Democratic debate, the Vermont senator says if "a police officer breaks the law...that officer must be held accountable."
John Kasich Offers Only Decent Answer on Police Reform, Criminal Justice
Only one other answer, from Chris Christie.
Maryland's Police Union Rejects "Any and All" Reforms
Post-Freddie Gray unrest, state task force offers modest proposals which are summarily rebuffed.
Court Says Cops Who Protected a Mental Patient to Death Violated His Rights
The 4th Circuit rules that police should tase people only when they pose "an immediate safety risk."
New Video of Salt Lake Police Shooting Appears to Contradict Official Account
Police reform advocates say video shows cop shooting man while he's lying on the ground
New at Reason: Getting to the Facts Behind the "Neoconfederate Alabama Cops" Story
A viral outrage story from last month wasn't all it claimed, but the truth is still disturbing.
San Bernardino Police Abuse Victims May Get Screwed Over by Bankruptcy
Families could end up with just pennies on the dollar.
Alabama Cops, Confederate Flags, Racism, and an Over-Eager Media
Despite unsubstantiated claims that police planted evidence on black men, credible accusations of systemic racism and police malfeasance remain.
Cop Who Arrested Sandra Bland Is Indicted for Perjury
The grand jury did not buy Brian Encinia's justification for escalating the traffic stop.
New Bill Calls for Police Stops in Missouri to Track Factors Like Religion, Sexual Orientation
Does your failure to yield make you look gay?
Chicago Provides Yet Another Reminder Police and City Lawyers Are Accomplices in Avoiding Accountability
Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn't see a problem.
False Confessions Like Brendan Dassey's Are Common Among Exonerated Juveniles
Minors are psychologically susceptible to being coerced into false confessions and yet frequently interrogated without parents or lawyers around.
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Police Body Cameras, Understand They're for Both Sides
Poll also shows people think the 'war on police' is actually real.
More Than 200,000 Petition for Release of Making a Murderer Star Steven Avery
Can this Netflix docuseries right the wrongs perpetrated by a corrupt criminal justice system?
Rahm Emanuel's - and Chicago's - Public-Sector Union Problems
The same groups that give big-city Democrats political power make it nearly impossible to reform bad practices.
