Police Abuse

Civil Liberties

New York Cop Pleads Not Guilty in Police Beating Caught on Tape

Ed Krayewski | 6.4.2014 2:38 PM

Policy

Alameda County Sheriff Sued for Forcing Women To Take Pregnancy Tests

Zenon Evans | 6.4.2014 1:15 PM

Policy

How Cops Became Baby Burners

The horrifying collateral damage inflicted by the war on drugs

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2014 7:00 AM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Radley Balko on the Flash-Grenaded Baby, Lea Gabrielle and Tom Shillue on the Bergdahl Perplex, Tim Carney on Crony EPA Capitalism, Brian Wise on Operation Chokepoint, Plus Smokin' After-show

Matt Welch | 6.3.2014 8:36 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: John Tierney, John Bolton, Bryan Suits and K.T. McFarland on Bowe Bergdahl; Plus Coal Regs, NSA Face-Tracking, International Whore Day, Sexy After-show, and a Texas DEA Raid You Will Not Believe

Matt Welch | 6.2.2014 8:09 PM

Policy

Why Did Baby-Burning Drug Warriors Think There Were No Children in the Home They Attacked? [UPDATED]

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2014 1:31 PM

Police Abuse

Cleveland Cops Indicted For Car Chase That Started Over Nothing and Ended With a Fatal Police Shooting

Ed Krayewski | 6.2.2014 12:12 PM

Culture

Brickbat: It Takes a Thief

Charles Oliver | 6.2.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

It Takes a Thief

Charles Oliver | 6.2.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Air Force Captain Assaulted for Not Knowing His Neighbor

Tracy Oppenheimer | 6.1.2014 1:00 PM

Policy

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Deaf Man, Dumb Cops

Sign language, not a gun

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2014 7:00 AM

Police Abuse

Sheriff in Burned Baby Raid Wants Your Prayers; Target of Warrant Could Be Charged For Injuries to Toddler

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2014 7:36 PM

Politics

Police Filmed Wrongly Arresting Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate

Zenon Evans | 5.30.2014 4:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Handy Guide Tells You What Rights Border Patrol Is Violating When They Pound on You

J.D. Tuccille | 5.30.2014 4:42 PM

Police Abuse

Albuquerque Police Union Supportive of Seattle Lawsuit Even Seattle Union Wouldn't Back

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2014 4:01 PM

Policy

When Drug Warriors Burn a Baby, Who's the Terrorist?

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2014 1:43 PM

Police Abuse

SWAT Team Reportedly Throws Flash Bang, Burns Toddler During No-Knock Raid

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2014 7:47 AM

Politics

Reason Nominated for 13 Southern California Journalism Awards

Matt Welch | 5.29.2014 4:01 PM

Police Abuse

Seattle Cops Suing Over DOJ Use-of-Force Rules

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2014 12:56 PM

Civil Liberties

Nothing Changes: In Bill de Blasio's New York, Cops Still Making Petty Marijuana Arrests

Ed Krayewski | 5.28.2014 4:35 PM

Politics

Rand Paul to SCOTUS: 'The Founding Fathers Would Have Protected Your Smartphone'

Damon Root | 5.28.2014 2:09 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Police Who Used Deadly Force to End High-Speed Car Chase

Damon Root | 5.27.2014 10:59 AM

Policy

Free State Project Leader Wins Victory Against Cops Trying to Punish Filming Them

Brian Doherty | 5.23.2014 8:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Happy (Temporary) News for Hungry Homeless in Daytona Beach: Fines Dropped Against Couple Feeding Them

Brian Doherty | 5.22.2014 8:15 PM

Civil Liberties

"I'll Take This Place and Then Whoever Owns it Will Fucking Kill You…You'll be Dead and Your Family will be Dead": Officer to Woman in Chicago Raid on Her Salon

Brian Doherty | 5.21.2014 6:09 PM

Civil Liberties

Feds Execute Military-Style Raid on Texas Grandmother

Alexis Garcia | 5.21.2014 3:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Feds to Raided Smoke Shop Owner: Say Your Sister Assaulted a Federal Agent or No Bail For You

Brian Doherty | 5.21.2014 3:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Another Day, Another Cop Shoots a Dog

It's time to teach the police some new tricks.

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.21.2014 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

NRA Holding National Police Shooting Championships in Police Shooting Friendly Albuquerque

Ed Krayewski | 5.20.2014 1:49 PM

Police Abuse

Off-Duty Buffalo Cops Involved in Near Fatal Beating; Some Cops Troubled, Talk to Newspaper

Ed Krayewski | 5.19.2014 1:13 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Orders New Hearings for Cop Who Tasered and Killed Handcuffed Suspect

Damon Root | 5.19.2014 11:12 AM

Civil Liberties

Another Drug Bust Gone Bad

Cops can't get their story straight in the killing of Eugene Mallory.

Zach Weissmueller | 5.18.2014 12:00 PM

Flag

Assistant Police Chief Says "Too Many Sacrifices" to Allow Flag Defacing In His Pennsylvania Community

Ed Krayewski | 5.17.2014 12:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Arrests Man For Complaining About Speeding Without a Siren—Caught on Video

Ed Krayewski | 5.16.2014 2:07 PM

Police Abuse

Police Confrontation Ends In Cringe-Worthy Tasing (WATCH)

The Huffington Post | 5.16.2014 9:32 AM

Civil Liberties

Pay Up

Charles Oliver | 5.16.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Pay Up

Charles Oliver | 5.16.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Cops Shoot Dog in Backyard, Bust Owner's Boyfriend for Objecting

J.D. Tuccille | 5.15.2014 2:33 PM

Culture

Stealing Stolen Money

Charles Oliver | 5.15.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Stealing Stolen Money

Charles Oliver | 5.15.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

FBI Agent Involved in Fatal Shooting I.D.'d, Had Short But Troubled History at Oakland P.D.

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2014 12:53 PM

Civil Liberties

Does Police Work Involve Special 'Bravery,' 'Courage,' or 'Risk,' As the White House Claims?

J.D. Tuccille | 5.13.2014 4:06 PM

Policy

Government is Just All of Us Together, Preventing Each Other From Feeding the Hungry

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2014 2:45 PM

Bullying

City Council Interested in Power to Arrest 5-Year-Olds for Serial Bullying

Ed Krayewski | 5.9.2014 3:15 PM

Police

London Cops Begin Body Cameras Trial

Matthew Feeney | 5.9.2014 11:17 AM

Police Abuse

Arrest of 9-Year-Old in Portland Illustrates Public Safety Threat Police Unions Can Pose

Ed Krayewski | 5.9.2014 9:36 AM