Police Abuse

Police

Civilian and Police Homicide Rates Roughly Comparable

Ronald Bailey | 12.30.2014 11:36 AM

Police Abuse

Rules of the Road

Charles Oliver | 12.30.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Body Cameras for Police Only Work When On: Did Utah Police Killing of Iraq Vet Sgt. Nicholas McGehee Go Down Like Police Claim?

Brian Doherty | 12.29.2014 11:23 PM

Politics

The Independents Rides Again, With Lenore Skenazy, Kyle Smith, Mugshot Monday, NSA Document Dumps, The Interview, NYPD vs. BdB, and More

Matt Welch | 12.29.2014 8:32 PM

Police Abuse

Lawsuit Over Fatal Police Shooting of Marine in California Delayed Again, DA Still Deciding Whether to Charge Another Marine

Ed Krayewski | 12.29.2014 7:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Autopsy Reveals LAPD Anti-Gang Cops Shot Ezell Ford in Back at Close Range

Brian Doherty | 12.29.2014 5:28 PM

Politics

Instapundit: Excessive Tribalism Poisons Both Sides of Police-Violence Debate

Nick Gillespie | 12.29.2014 11:54 AM

Civil Liberties

Bloomington to Bill Protesters for Police Presence at 'Black Lives Matter' Demonstration in Mall of America

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.29.2014 11:30 AM

Protests

Nashville Police Responded Peacefully to Peaceful Protesters, and That Made Some Folks Upset

Scott Shackford | 12.29.2014 11:20 AM

Policy

Bernard Kerik: Anti-Police Rhetoric "Has the Potential to Rip America at its Seams"

Jim Epstein | 12.27.2014 10:30 AM

Police Abuse

Ex-Baltimore Cop Alleges Retaliation for Reporting Police Brutality

Ed Krayewski | 12.26.2014 12:17 PM

Public Unions

Affidavit Shows Cop Union Targeting Foes

A case in California spotlights their political 'playbook'

Steven Greenhut | 12.26.2014 11:30 AM

Police Abuse

Suspended San Jose Cop: "Threaten me or my family and I will use my God given and law appointed right and duty to kill you."

Ed Krayewski | 12.24.2014 12:53 PM

Police

Cincinnati Cop Charged in Teen Sex Scandal May Not be Only Officer Involved

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.23.2014 12:50 PM

Police Abuse

Buffalo Cop Claims She Was Fired For Stopping Another Cop From Choking a Handcuffed Suspect, That Cop Was Later Accused of Choking Another Cop, Retired With Full Pension

Ed Krayewski | 12.23.2014 11:04 AM

NYPD

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Police Unions and the "Anti-Cop" Smear. Works for School Reform and Teachers Unions, Too

Ed Krayewski | 12.23.2014 9:14 AM

Politics

The Night Before the Shooting of 2 NYPD Officers, Pro-NYPD Protesters Rallied Outside City Hall

Anthony Fisher | 12.22.2014 6:31 PM

Crime

Don't Try to Blame 'Rhetoric' for the Deaths of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos

Cops and politicians try to use a man's crime to marginalize peaceful dissent.

Jesse Walker | 12.22.2014 3:32 PM

Police Abuse

Sotomayor Is Right: SCOTUS Gave Too Much Leeway to the Police in Heien v. North Carolina

Damon Root | 12.22.2014 2:40 PM

Police Abuse

Fired Milwaukee Cop Cleared of Charges Related to Killing of Mentally Ill Man, Could Collect Generous Disability

Ed Krayewski | 12.22.2014 11:01 AM

Civil Liberties

The Authoritarian Response to Andrew Hawkins's Call for Justice

Obey this

Chris Edelson | 12.20.2014 10:00 AM

Police Abuse

SWAT Team Shows Up for Wrong-Something "Man in Distress" Call, Prosecutors Hound Him for Three Years Instead of Apologizing

Ed Krayewski | 12.19.2014 1:17 PM

Public Unions

How Far Will Cop Unions Go to Halt Reform?

A look into the way some police unions across California intimidate political opponents into silence

Steven Greenhut | 12.19.2014 12:00 PM

Police

'Your Eyes Are Kind of Messed-Up Looking,' Says Cop Interrogating Girlfriend of Man Wrongly Killed By Cops

Robby Soave | 12.18.2014 12:19 PM

Death Penalty

Judge Overturns 1944 Conviction of Black 14-Year-Old Put to Death in South Carolina

Ed Krayewski | 12.17.2014 7:32 PM

Politics

Centralized Policing Is the Wrong Solution

Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Police Union Boss Defends Killing of Tamir Rice: 'When We Tell You to Do Something, Do It'

Robby Soave | 12.17.2014 3:56 PM

Police

LAPD to Get Body Cameras. Will They Tamper with Those, Too?

Scott Shackford | 12.17.2014 10:35 AM

Civil Liberties

Indiana Cop Responds to Eric Garner Protesters by Selling T-Shirt: 'Breathe Easy—Don't Break the Law'

An artifact of the backlash.

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 10:32 AM

Civil Liberties

Illegitimate "No Photography" Arrest Leads to $1.2 Million Lawsuit Victory

Brian Doherty | 12.16.2014 6:34 PM

Civil Liberties

Friend Disputes Police Narrative in Death of Miami Graffiti Artist Demz

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.16.2014 4:16 PM

Civil Liberties

Law Student Calls Out Cops Trying to Ticket Him for Playing 'Fuck Tha Police'—So They Find Other Reasons to Ticket Him, Obviously

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.16.2014 12:05 PM

Policy

The NYPD Shoots and Kills Less Often Than Cops in the Rest of the Country

Fatal killings by the NYPD have fallen by a factor of 12 since 1971.

Jim Epstein | 12.15.2014 1:48 PM

Police Abuse

La. Deputy Sheriffs Arrest Public Safety Officer on Sexual Battery, Official Malfeasance Charges

Ed Krayewski | 12.15.2014 12:12 PM

Nanny State

Woman Jailed for Saying 'Fuck the Police' Wins $100,000 Settlement

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.15.2014 11:15 AM

Policy

Supreme Court Sides With Police In 4th Amendment Case Arising from Officer's 'Mistake of Law'

Damon Root | 12.15.2014 10:45 AM

Policy

Police Union to New York Mayor: You're Not Welcome at Our Funerals

More fallout from the Garner case.

Jesse Walker | 12.14.2014 2:18 PM

Police Abuse

Time for a Police Offenders Registry

A police job is a privilege, not a right

Ed Krayewski | 12.14.2014 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Families of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Other Recent Victims of Police Violence Gather for 'Justice for All March' in D.C.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.13.2014 8:20 PM

Civil Liberties

Friday A/V Club: Before Rodney King

Turning the surveillance state upside down

Jesse Walker | 12.12.2014 11:52 AM

Policy

Canadian Supreme Court Lets Police Conduct Warrantless Cell Phone Searches of Arrestees

Damon Root | 12.12.2014 11:10 AM

Police Abuse

NYPD Cop's Threat to Resident Filming Him: Don't Make Me Fear for My Safety

Ed Krayewski | 12.12.2014 9:42 AM

Thailand

Thailand Police Target Tourists When They Need Cash Now

Ed Krayewski | 12.12.2014 7:50 AM

Police Abuse

Philly Area Cops Freak Out Over Editorial Cartoon Depicting Children Asking Santa to Protect Them From Cops

Ed Krayewski | 12.11.2014 6:05 PM

Police Abuse

Little Rock Cops Want Immunity for Shooting 67-Year-Old Man While Working Private Security

Ed Krayewski | 12.11.2014 3:51 PM

Politics

Georgia Man Killed in Drug Raid Was Face Down When Shot in Head, Says Family's Lawyer

Anthony Fisher | 12.11.2014 2:35 PM