The family of George Floyd probably won't be able to successfully sue Derek Chauvin in civil court because of qualified immunity, but they will help pay for the killer cop's retirement.
Citing work from Reason, players and coaches from the NFL, NBA, and MLB are urging Congress to end qualified immunity.
If this is what cities are paying billions for, no wonder people are calling for defunding.
Leave people room to experiment with approaches to protecting life, liberty, and property.
Rep. Tom McClintock (R–Calif.) announced he will support the Ending Qualified Immunity Act.
If "defunding the police" means abolishing them completely, it's a bad idea. But there are ways to use cuts in funding to improve police incentives for the better.
It's a perverse kind of progress, but it's progress all the same.
“Officers don’t have the time to pull out law books and analyze the fine points of judicial precedent.”
After George Floyd’s death, the city will bring in outside advisers to recommend changes to make policing more transparent and accountable.
Early COVID lockdown effects show no significant increases in most crime. In most cases, there were drops.
With Trump opposed too, there's little hope that a serious police reform bill will get through Congress anytime soon.
The state boasts of blocking 754 illegal purchases, but it wrongly tagged 101,047 law-abiding people as prohibited. Any of them could have been targeted.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision is "a precedent-setting error of exceptional public importance," writes dissenting judge.
Federal spending on policing has quadrupled since the 1980s, while state and local spending has increased by about one-third.
Sometimes a "few bad apples" is systemic rot.
Union leaders show very little interest in considering collective bargaining’s role in protecting bad cops.
The foreign policy lesson in the struggle for police reform
A spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety says they were scared people would drive too fast.
No amount of protesting is likely to reduce police brutality in the absence of structural reforms that increase accountability, competition, choice, and incentives.
The Democratic presidential candidate wants an extra $300 million in federal grants for cops.
The police aren't good at solving crime in general, regardless of the victim's race, ethnicity, or income. Making this about "privilege" actually undercuts the strength of the argument.
A New York State Judge has ruled that the twin crises of civic unrest and coronavirus justify holding people without charge beyond the normal 24-hour limit.
Real changes will require fewer laws and less violent enforcement.
Plus: Police unions love Amy Klobuchar, Seattle can't quit tear gassing protesters, and more...
Why racial profiling is an important problem, why it's so difficult to address, and what can nonetheless be done about it.
Reducing law enforcement requires more than merely cutting and shifting a budget.
Gun opponents would leave predatory cops armed and their victims helpless.
Plus: lightning strikes D.C., Buffalo cops suspended after knocking 75-year-old man to ground, and more...
Plus: Protest updates, Grindr goes woke, Twitter suspends an account for repeating Trump's words, and more...
Police brutality brought Americans into the streets. What would military force do?
There’s a lot of work to be done to prevent future George Floyds. Here are some baby steps.
Over and over again, unions have defended bad policing and bad police. It’s time for them to go.
Biden voted for the 1997 bill that created the Pentagon's 1033 program, which allows surplus military gear to be passed along to local cops. It took 23 years, but he finally changed his opinion.
Princeton's Omar Wasow talks about the complicated effects of civil rights demonstrations, police brutality, and racial fears on public policy.
The officers who shot David McAtee had their body cameras turned off.
And that means breaking through the "blue wall of silence."
Plus: George Floyd's death ruled "homicide caused by asphyxia," and more...
Law enforcement, on his orders, violently dispersed nearby peaceful protesters.
The U.S. already has a major problem with overcriminalization.
Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton is asking the military to commit war crimes against American citizens. Trump approves!
"Rioting is a form of tyranny," Tucker Carlson said on his Fox News show. He's wrong.
Plus: the return of the "outside agitator" narrative, Trump can't designate Antifa a terror group, and more...
Much can and must be done to curb police brutality. The task is difficult, but far from hopeless. But riots and looting are both wrong in themselves, and likely to have counterproductive results.
They still were a lot better-behaved than officers elsewhere.
Aggressive police tactics are likely to worsen the situation.
Mayors are imposing curfews and governors are deploying the National Guard in response to anti-police-abuse protests.
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