Police

Policy

'I Should Blast You in the Mouth Right Now'

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2011 11:13 AM

Policy

Sheriff's Deputy Kills Former NFL Player Outside a Convenience Store

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2011 2:58 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: The Killing of Allen Kephart - How the police lost the trust of a law-and-order town

Tim Cavanaugh and Paul Detrick | 7.5.2011 10:00 AM

Politics

Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance Accountable for DSK Debacle

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.1.2011 1:35 PM

Policy

Collars for Dollars

How the drug war sacrifices real policing for easy arrests.

Peter Moskos | 6.29.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

The Crime Rate Puzzle

Did incarceration reduce the crime rate, or did it get in the way?

Radley Balko | 6.20.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: 40 Years of Drug War Failure - LEAP's Neill Franklin

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.17.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Give Your Keys to the City: What Could Go Wrong?

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2011 12:55 PM

Policy

Mitch Daniels Vetoes Codification of Forfeiture Abuse

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2011 11:23 AM

Politics

Reason Writers on Russia Today: Tim Cavanaugh Talks Student Loan Raid, SWAT Marine Killing, War on Cameras

Reason Staff | 6.9.2011 4:25 PM

Policy

Apple to Ban Apps that Include DUI Checkpoints; Why That's Stupid (Vid)

Nick Gillespie | 6.9.2011 7:19 AM

Policy

Miami Police Shoot Man to Death, Attempt to Steal/Destroy All Video Evidence of Shooting Man to Death

Mike Riggs | 6.8.2011 4:23 PM

Politics

Prison Guards Union Locks Up Benefits, Politicians, People

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.7.2011 7:23 PM

Politics

The First Step to Winning "the War on Photography" is to Know Your Rights

Nick Gillespie | 6.7.2011 8:39 AM

Policy

Jefferson Memorial Dance Dance Revolution - 6/4/2011

How To Close A National Monument With Freedom Of Expression

Joshua Swain | 6.4.2011 8:15 PM

Policy

The Right To Be a Jerk

The First Amendment protects ugly speech.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.3.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Helpful Advice (Indiana Edition)

Jesse Walker | 6.3.2011 11:57 AM

Politics

Supreme Court Says Pretending to Detain People As Material Witnesses Is Constitutional

Jacob Sullum | 6.2.2011 1:45 PM

Politics

What Does the SWAT Marine Data Dump Prove?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.27.2011 9:57 PM

Policy

The FBI Cracks Down on Little Old Ladies With Plastic Bags

Jacob Sullum | 5.26.2011 2:01 PM

Politics

Big Brother Is Watching You

Overreaching law enforcement puts privacy rights at risk.

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.25.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Would Meek Compliance Have Saved Jason Kemp's Life?

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2011 12:08 PM

Politics

Home Insecurity

Two privacy rulings hit us where we live.

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Model Bill Would Revoke the State's License to Steal

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2011 3:17 PM

Policy

Dead Kids Make Bad Laws

New Jersey may soon repeal one of the most onerous driving restrictions in the country. That doesn't mean legislators have learned their lesson.

Michael Tracey | 5.24.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Supreme Court's Advice About the Fourth Amendment: Use It or Lose It

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2011 3:41 PM

Military

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 5.23.2011 7:23 AM

Politics

Jose Guerena Evidence: Don't Buy Your Kids the Jesús Malverde Bobblehead

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.22.2011 5:46 PM

Politics

"What Planet Is Alito Living On?"

Damon Root | 5.20.2011 4:27 PM

Politics

Sheriffs: Slain Jose Guerena Linked to "Home-Invasion Crew"

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.20.2011 1:19 PM

Policy

Texas SWAT Cops Face Scrutiny For Drinking on the Job

Mike Riggs | 5.19.2011 3:59 PM

Politics

Alan W. Bock, RIP

Jacob Sullum | 5.19.2011 12:12 PM

Politics

"Why Should Fourth Amendment Protections Be Lessened to Prevent the Destruction of Evidence?"

Damon Root | 5.18.2011 2:39 PM

Policy

Radar Love

The changing status of the radar detector in a hyper-surveilled world

Greg Beato | 5.18.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

The Police's War on Citizen Cameras Boldly Slogs On…

Nick Gillespie | 5.18.2011 8:35 AM

Politics

Marine Survives Two Tours in Iraq, SWAT Kills Him

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.16.2011 10:55 PM

Policy

Raw Milk Raid on Amish Farmer Highlights Stupid FDA Tactics

Nick Gillespie | 5.16.2011 8:41 AM

Politics

Camera Surveillance and GPS Tracking: Public Yet Private

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2011 1:19 PM

Politics

Sheriffs Kill Innocent Man With Taser

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.12.2011 12:58 PM

Politics

Leviathan's Lawyers

The Office of the Solicitor General has traditionally defended the government. But should it?

Radley Balko | 5.12.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Reason.tv: Don't Ban DUI Checkpoint Apps!

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 5.11.2011 12:30 PM

Policy

Cop Plays Mock Assassin at High School

Matt Welch | 5.11.2011 7:44 AM

Civil Liberties

Cops Mistakenly Confront a Judge, Her Family at Gunpoint

Radley Balko | 4.27.2011 12:36 PM

Policy

The "War on Cops" That Isn't

Despite what you may have read, it's safer to be a police officer today than it has been in 35 years.

Radley Balko | 4.26.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Smell of Privacy

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 5:44 PM

Politics

'We're All Hostages to the Dopiest Person With a Phone'

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 1:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Cops Involved in Questionable Shootings Get Medal-of-Freedomed

Radley Balko | 4.21.2011 3:15 PM

Policy

Watch the Watchmen

It shouldn't be a crime to record the cops.

John Stossel | 4.21.2011 12:00 PM