Police Abuse

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

Policy

Hells Angels vs. DEA Agents and SWAT Team With Explosives

Zenon Evans | 10.31.2014 11:40 AM

Police

Minneapolis to Adopt Cop Cams: Video of Baltimore Cop Assault on Citizen Shows Why This Is A Great Idea

Ronald Bailey | 10.31.2014 11:32 AM

Police Abuse

So Many Problems at the Baltimore Police Department

Ed Krayewski | 10.30.2014 1:35 PM