Police Abuse

Police Abuse

Cops Arrest Man for Pointing Banana at Them, Say They Feared For Their Safety

Ed Krayewski | 11.27.2014 9:27 PM

Police Abuse

What Racially Biased Policing Looks Like

The Ferguson police search blacks more often even though they are far less likely to be found with contraband than whites.

Steve Chapman | 11.27.2014 12:00 PM

Police Abuse

Police Shooting of Pre-Teen in Cleveland Caught on Surveillance Video That Contradicts Cops Claims

Ed Krayewski | 11.26.2014 3:46 PM

Civil Liberties

Denver Cop Leg-Sweeps 7-Month-Pregnant Woman to Ground Bellyfirst While Beating Her Boyfriend's Head into Asphalt. Drug War is Working!

Brian Doherty | 11.26.2014 2:56 PM

Policy

LOL, Gawker Claims Ferguson Riots Good for Society, Economy, Something

Nope.

Robby Soave | 11.26.2014 2:33 PM

Politics

Why We Should Care About the Racial Divide in Perceptions of Law Enforcement

Emily Ekins | 11.26.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Polling Finds a Stark Racial Divide in Perceptions of Law Enforcement

Jason Keisling and Emily Ekins | 11.25.2014 4:45 PM

Civil Liberties

How Grand Was That Ferguson Grand Jury? A Couple of Perspectives

Brian Doherty | 11.25.2014 3:18 PM

Politics

Why Police Officers Keep Claiming Their Unarmed Victims Had Guns, and What We Can Do About It

Emily Ekins | 11.25.2014 2:58 PM

Civil Liberties

Political, Public Pressure to Prosecute in Brooklyn "Accidental" Police Shooting of Black Man in Dark Stairwell

Brian Doherty | 11.25.2014 1:23 PM

Police Abuse

Post-Ferguson Police Reforms Require Look at Police Unions, Structural Power, Not "Community Relations"

Ed Krayewski | 11.25.2014 11:52 AM

War on Drugs

Family Business

Charles Oliver | 11.25.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

The Improbability of Federal Charges Against Darren Wilson

Jacob Sullum | 11.25.2014 12:54 AM

Politics

Grand Juries Almost Never Fail to Indict, But They Did in Ferguson

Anthony Fisher | 11.25.2014 12:52 AM

Politics

In Utah, You're More Likely to be Shot Dead by a Cop Than a Criminal

Anthony Fisher | 11.24.2014 3:03 PM

Police Abuse

By Thor

Charles Oliver | 11.24.2014 6:00 AM

Guns

Cleveland Cop Shoots 12-Year-Old Boy Dead for Playing with Toy Gun

Robby Soave | 11.23.2014 6:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Brooklyn Man Killed By Police Officer, For No Actual Reason at All; An "Accident" Says NYPD

Brian Doherty | 11.21.2014 6:02 PM

Michael Brown

Federal Judge Orders Police Not to Interfere with Recording in Ferguson

Scott Shackford | 11.21.2014 3:00 PM

Puppycide

Buffalo Police Shot 92 Dogs Since 2011; More Than a Quarter By One Cop Alone

Ed Krayewski | 11.21.2014 12:50 PM

Michael Brown

Darren Wilson in Negotiations to Resign from Ferguson Police Department

Ed Krayewski | 11.20.2014 11:40 PM

Police Abuse

Cops Throw Smoke Grenade Into Room With 2-Year-Old, Family Says They Warned Police in Apparent Wrong Door Raid

Ed Krayewski | 11.20.2014 1:30 PM

Police Abuse

Cleveland Settles For $3 Million in Fatal Car Chase That Ended With 13 Cops Firing 137 Shots, Killing Two

Ed Krayewski | 11.18.2014 3:52 PM

Civil Asset Forfeiture

D.C. Police's Asset Forfeitures Are Very Lucrative and Very Petty

Scott Shackford | 11.17.2014 11:05 AM

Police Abuse

Colorado Cop Charged With Second Degree Murder

Ed Krayewski | 11.17.2014 10:15 AM

Police

Violence by Americans Is Down, Unless Those Americans Happen to Be Police Officers

Scott Shackford | 11.13.2014 11:10 AM

Civil Liberties

Is the Dangerous, Scandal-Ridden Border Patrol Being Quietly Disarmed?

J.D. Tuccille | 11.11.2014 11:18 AM

Police Abuse

Brickbat: Mind if I Have a Look

Charles Oliver | 11.11.2014 6:05 AM

Police Abuse

Mind if I Have a Look

Charles Oliver | 11.11.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

It's So Easy to Steal Stuff With Civil Forfeiture That Cops Are Getting Picky

Jacob Sullum | 11.10.2014 2:24 PM

Policy

If NYC Cops Arrest Fewer Pot Dealers, Maybe They Will Deliver Fewer Beatings Too

Jacob Sullum | 11.7.2014 5:47 PM

Police

Utah Restaurant Fires Cook for Anti-Cop Facebook Post, Draws Fire for Offering Free Meals to Cops

Ed Krayewski | 11.7.2014 2:57 PM

Policy

90-Year-Old Serial Feeder of the Homeless Arnold Abbott Re-Arrested in Florida

Brian Doherty | 11.6.2014 4:17 PM

Police Abuse

K-9 Cop Shoots Labrador in Front of 2-Year-Old Girl

Ed Krayewski | 11.5.2014 2:44 PM

Police Abuse

Professional Courtesy

Charles Oliver | 11.5.2014 6:00 AM

Police Abuse

Brickbat: Professional Courtesy

Charles Oliver | 11.5.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

America's Rising Crime Problem: Feeding the Homeless; 90-Year-Old Criminal Arrested for It

Brian Doherty | 11.4.2014 6:06 PM

Culture

'Go Ahead and Call the Cops. They Can't Unrape You,' Say Cops

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.3.2014 10:36 AM

Civil Liberties

Audio Recordings Reveal That Ferguson Flight Ban Was to Keep Media Out

Peter Suderman | 11.3.2014 9:10 AM

Policy

Border Patrol Misconduct Becomes a National Problem

Criminals with badges and federal paychecks

Reason Staff | 11.2.2014 6:31 PM

Police

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 11.1.2014 7:00 AM

Police Abuse

Albuquerque, DOJ Agree to Police Reform Deal: Independent Monitor, More Training, New Procedures for Investigating Police Shootings

Ed Krayewski | 10.31.2014 5:12 PM

Police Abuse

DOJ, Albuquerque Agree to Police Reforms

Department rocked with all sorts of misconduct scandals and lots of shootings.

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 4:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Happy Ending in One Part of the Austin Case of Antonio Buehler, Arrested for Filming Police

Brian Doherty | 10.31.2014 3:41 PM

Civil Liberties

Unsafe at Any Border: U.S. Border Patrol Corrupt, Violent, Flush with Funding—And Unaccountable

Lucian McMahon | 10.31.2014 2:27 PM

Prisons

$2.25 Million for Family of Man Cooked to Death at Rikers Prison

Was left in scorching hot cell in mental health unit, prompting public outrage

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 1:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Cops Kill Family Dog In Front of 12-Year-Old Girl During Warrantless Backyard Search, Federal Court Orders Jury Trial

Damon Root | 10.31.2014 11:51 AM