Police Abuse

Civil Liberties

12 Times the Police Used Deadly Force Under Questionable Circumstances in 2014

From Eric Garner to John Crawford to Tamir Rice.

Ed Krayewski | 1.2.2015 1:30 PM

NYPD

New York Times Wants NYPD to Do the Impossible: Enforce All the Laws, Even the Constitutionally Questionable Ones, While Practicing 'Constitutional' Policing

Ed Krayewski | 1.2.2015 11:35 AM

Tasers

Being Homeless in Miami May Lead to a Tasering

Scott Shackford | 1.2.2015 11:15 AM

Politics

More Police WTF: Alabama Man Shot, Killed by Police While Turning in Stray Cat

Nick Gillespie | 1.2.2015 10:29 AM

Policy

Candid Camera Cops

Recording law enforcement

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.1.2015 12:00 PM

Politics

Best of 2014: "Sex, Spice and Small-Town Texas Justice: The Purple Zone Raid"

Anthony Fisher | 1.1.2015 9:00 AM

Police Abuse

Scott Walker Doesn't Know If Correct Decision Was Made in Dontre Hamilton Investigation, Not Getting Involved

Ed Krayewski | 12.31.2014 2:35 PM

Police

Mentally Ill Man Posts Police Threats on YouTube, Shot to Death by Cops From Three Jurisdictions Trying to Arrest Him

Ed Krayewski | 12.31.2014 12:31 PM

Politics

"We Need Our Police to be Better Than This"

Nick Gillespie | 12.31.2014 9:26 AM

Politics

Ellen Degeneres-Inspired 'Dance Dare' Prankster Gets Thrown to the Ground by NYPD

Anthony Fisher | 12.31.2014 7:05 AM

Politics

On The Independents: Scalise's Dukey, NYPD Slowdown, Disputed Hack, Obama on Race, More Grubering, the Big (and Forgotten) Stories of 2014, a New Enemy of Freedom, and Punch-drunk After-show!

Matt Welch | 12.30.2014 8:27 PM

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