Cops Didn't Understand Straight Outta Compton in the '80s and They Don't Today
Rappers are still in a First Amendment fight with law enforcement over their music.
Rappers are still in a First Amendment fight with law enforcement over their music.
But there's still legislation under consideration to mandate conviction first.
Privacy advocates gain key victories in high-profile battle
Reason staffers Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Lauren Galik join panelists from the Sex Workers Outreach Project and Families Against Mandatory Minimums to talk about human-trafficking laws in America.
Prosecutors will have to make the call themselves and take responsibility.
Mother Jones reveals hundreds of documents detailing local PDs requests for "combat style weapons, trucks, and armor" from the Pentagon.
Don't let the Left own this issue. They've been terrible.
Circuit Court panel demands police seek a warrant.
New information released about Homan Square's secret operations.
A psychology professor testifies that there's pretty much always a good reason.
No eyewitnesses, no evidence he did it.
Family settled in case of man Tasered and restrained at university hospital in 2010.
Decriminalizing sex work supports "gender apartheid" say the likes of Lena Dunham, Anne Hathaway, and Meryl Streep.
An ACLU lawsuit highlights the corrupting effect of civil forfeiture.
Stunning contempt for the First Amendment
Dionne Wilson joined Sen. Rand Paul and a bipartisan roster of lawmakers and advocates at yesterday's "Fair Justice" summit in D.C.
Another lived rent-free in a confiscated house.
Randall Kerrick shot Jonathan Ferrell 10 times. Even Kerrick's former chief called it "excessive." Now he stands trial.
With no legal authority to do so, Sheriff Tom Dart threatened to go after Visa and MasterCard if they did not cease doing business with Backpage.com.
The City by the Bay has a second, private police force...with a better record than the government cops.
It's a good thing no one got hurt.
Wave goodbye to the man who questioned use of deadly force.
Filmed at a Uniqlo in China, authorities also looking into the store's involvement
Police chiefs, prosecutors don't want money taken away.
"I'm getting arrested for this after I was told I could do it?" asks befuddled musician.
Those ain't protein bars.
Court declares newspaper ban in Chicago-area jails to be a violation of inmates' First Amendment rights.
'You don't get a driver's license and get to pick what rules you are going to follow and what rules you are not going to follow.'
A prostitution witch hunt in Tucson uncovered ample police corruption, yet it's the civil liberties of citizens suffering a blow.
Let the man have his medicine.
Bitcoin is now the only means of paying for adult ads on the popular web classifieds site Backpage.com.
Carl Mark Force had also inked a $240,000 movie deal about tracking down "Dread Pirate Roberts."
Lyndon Johnson's war on crime
Sniper rifles aimed at protesters kind of a problem.
Filed under: You cannot make this stuff up.
This sort of thing is one more reason why confidence in government is at all-time lows.
Miscellaneous "sexual contact" goes from Class B to Class A misdemeanor when it takes place on train or bus.
Recent incidents in Louisville reflect a wave of "officer-involved shootings" and community-cop issues in Kentucky and Southern Ohio cities.