The two-year investigation, launched after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, concluded that Louisville police routinely used invalid search warrants and failed to knock and announce their presence.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion with former New York City police commissioner Bill Bratton about the new documentary "Gotham."
Amit Katwala’s Tremors in the Blood explores how unreliable technologies have been used in our criminal justice system.
Convincing law enforcement officers that those who do wrong will suffer consequences is by far the most powerful tool for changing police behavior in the long run.
Michael Friend was arrested in 2018 for holding a sign that read "Cops Ahead" near a police checkpoint. That arrest violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, a federal appeals court has ruled.
"The Officers' actions were unreasonable, deliberately indifferent, reckless, willful, wanton, and shocking to the conscience," a new legal complaint states.
Bradley Bass' case in Colorado says a lot about just how powerful prosecutors are.
Police have not yet determined whether the suspect was armed at the time of the shooting.
Richard Ward's family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Pueblo County and five sheriff's office officials over a shooting incident that left him dead.
Tony Mitchell's death was a "direct and proximate result" of jail officers' "deliberate indifference or malice, and of their ongoing denial of Tony's constitutional rights under a scheme that continued to operate after his death," his family's suit states.
Let's start by doing away with the idea that officers are engaged in a war for our streets rather than involved in a civilian operation that requires community support and trust.
Plus: Some State of the Union fact checking, a livestream discussion about gun rights and violence, and more...
Montgomery doesn’t want people to see a police dog maul a man to death out of fear of the response.
Tiffany Lindsay says officers never contacted her to let her know they shot her dog. Instead, a neighbor found it in their trash can.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Joe Biden said that he wants to hold police "accountable." But he neglected to mention the elephant in the room.
According to the suit, the officer "acted with malice or in reckless disregard of Jane Doe's federally protected rights."
Now a judge has cleared him of wrongdoing and struck down the rule used to justify the arrest.
Police went silent on city officials following the botched raid that caused $5,000 in damages.
Normal human interaction should not automatically be considered creepy or criminal.
"My intention is to ensure that all Americans from the wealthiest millionaire to the poorest homeless person can exercise these rights without fear of consequence from our government," said Jeff Gray.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion of Tyre Nichols, police reform, and violent crime in America, featuring Walter Katz.
Out of 19 suspects arrested on terrorism charges, at least nine are accused of nothing more serious than trespassing.
There are ways to reduce abusive behavior while still protecting public safety.
Plus: The editors consider the ongoing debt ceiling drama and answer a listener question about ending the war on drugs.
"Active bystandership" training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
"Comprehensive and accurate records are critical if patterns and causes of harm are going to be identified and corrected," said an attorney representing Louisiana inmates.
Plus: Minnesota moves to protect reproductive freedom, how government thwarts a relatively inexpensive housing option, and more…
"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
The five police officers involved in the deadly encounter have been charged with Nichols' murder.
Plus: Judge blocks California's COVID-19 censorship law, Cato's latest Human Freedom Index, and more...
Priscilla Villarreal's case will be heard again tomorrow at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She has attracted some unlikely supporters.
Body camera footage shows precisely why some people don’t trust police to respond appropriately to nonviolent incidents.
Plus: Court reminds cops they can't pull people over just to flirt, salary range laws aren't working as planned, and more...
Any unjustified killing by the government demands public attention. But fatal shootings by police used to be much more common.
A North Carolina detective may have inhaled a significant amount during a drug bust.
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