Police Abuse

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

Police Abuse

Nearly Two Dozen Miami Dade Cops Fired 377 Rounds at Two Unarmed Men in a Car

Ed Krayewski | 5.7.2014 4:35 PM

Police Abuse

Albuquerque Protesters Try to Arrest Police Chief at City Council Meeting

Ed Krayewski | 5.7.2014 12:38 PM

Cory Booker

Cory Booker Can Talk Donald Sterling, Mum on Newark Deputy Chief Accused of Racism, Corruption

Ed Krayewski | 5.6.2014 12:03 PM

Civil Liberties

Are New York Cops Raiding a Dead Man's Home Just to Squeeze His Son?

J.D. Tuccille | 5.6.2014 11:30 AM

Politics

Update: School District Sues County in Case of Autistic Teen Entrapped for Selling Pot

Amanda Winkler | 5.5.2014 5:00 PM

Police Abuse

Houston Grand Jurors Subjected to Shooting Simulator to Prepare for Police Shooting Cases

Ed Krayewski | 5.5.2014 4:36 PM

Police Abuse

Cop T-Bones Passing Car, Driver Charged With DUI After Being Honest

Ed Krayewski | 5.5.2014 12:46 PM

Police Abuse

Rapper Meek Mill Loses Lawsuit Over 10-Hour Traffic Stop in Philadelphia

Ed Krayewski | 5.2.2014 3:25 PM

Civil Liberties

NYPD Cops Can't Stop Drunkenly Shooting at People This Week

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.2.2014 2:40 PM

Policy

Relatively Small Social Networks Responsible for Large Portion of Shootings in Chicago, New York City, According to Study, Police

Ed Krayewski | 5.2.2014 1:05 PM

Police Abuse

Cops Harass Wheelchair-Bound Vet, Take His Cellphone Out of Spite, Arrest Him on Probation Violation After Story Goes Viral

Ed Krayewski | 5.1.2014 5:33 PM

Police Abuse

Jury Decides Pittsburgh Arrest Was Wrongful But Dismisses Brutality Claim; Both Sides Want Reversal

Ed Krayewski | 5.1.2014 1:54 PM

Policy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Police Power to Conduct Warrantless Car Searches

Damon Root | 5.1.2014 11:31 AM

Police Abuse

Dash Cam Shows Moments Before And After Deputy Kills 19-Year-Old Girl (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | 5.1.2014 11:12 AM

Policy

Is the Death Penalty Constitutional?

Damon Root | 4.30.2014 4:06 PM

Police Abuse

Chicago Man Claims Cops Planted a CELLPHONE on Him to Justify Shooting Him in the Back

Ed Krayewski | 4.30.2014 2:43 PM

Civil Liberties

Federal Agents Beat Retiree at Border Crossing, Claim His Wounds Were 'Self-Inflicted'

J.D. Tuccille | 4.30.2014 1:02 PM

Policy

Stop, Frisk, Repeat

NY cops won't stop

Jacob Sullum | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

SWAT, Unrestrained

Prison abuse

Ed Krayewski | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Border Patrol Threatens Mother, Slashes Her Tire, as Kids Watch

J.D. Tuccille | 4.29.2014 5:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Fired After Being Caught on Camera Choking Student

Zenon Evans | 4.29.2014 3:25 PM

Policy

'A Freedom-Destroying Cocktail': Justice Breyer Keeps Siding with the Cops in Fourth Amendment Cases

Damon Root | 4.28.2014 3:50 PM

Civil Liberties

Dash Cam Released in Fatal Police Shooting That Was Ruled Justified, No 'Warrants' Mentioned at Inquest

Ed Krayewski | 4.25.2014 4:41 PM

Civil Liberties

Police Union Wants To Know Why Perp 'Forced' Cop To Pummel Him

Zenon Evans | 4.25.2014 2:30 PM