Cops Confused About Their Jobs and Perks as Privileges vs. Rights
Higher standards for police employment aren't unlibertarian.
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Let's All Disobey Stupid Laws
Many freedoms we take for granted exist because of lawbreakers.
DOJ to Launch Civil Rights Investigation of Baltimore Police
Expect an outcome focused on processes and procedures, not consequences.
Massage Parlor Workers 'Sexually Assault' Honolulu Cops
Not-so-happy ending for sex workers in Honolulu massage parlors
'Restore the Fourth': Repeal the Patriot Act and End NSA Bulk Data Collection
The natural right protected by the Fourth Amendment is the right to be left alone.
CORRECTION: Ancestry.com Hands Over Client DNA Test Results to Cops Witho?u?t? a Warrant*
A pretty good way to discourage people from using gene testing services
Federal Court Ruling Puts Cellphone Location Data Back in Police's Hands
'Third Party Doctrine' wins again.
Cop Suing Starbucks Over Spilled Coffee
North Carolina police lieutenant says stress of free-coffee spill led to surgery
Justice Dept. Mulling Reform on Phone Tracking, as Long as It Doesn't Actually Help People
Law enforcement leaders seem concerned that due process helps defendants. That's the point.
DOJ Announces Funds for Police Body Cameras, but Keep an Eye on the Rules Cities Implement
New rules in Los Angeles give officers opportunity to review evidence in advance.
Second Prisoner In Freddie Gray's Police Van Contradicts Washington Post Account
Says he does not think Gray deliberately injured himself
Riots in Baltimore: What Is Seen and Unseen
The city has been on a slow burn for years.
Drive-By 'Arrest' of Baltimore Protester Joseph Kent Caught Live on CNN
Arresting someone in America should never look like this.
Resistance Isn't Always Rational
We needn't endorse the means of desperate people to acknowledge their ends are worth fighting for.
New Study Indicates New York Might Be Better Off Cooling it With Petty Ticketing of Citizens
NYPD Chief Bratton holds firm for as many reasons for his forces to mess with citizens as they can get.
End the Violence in Baltimore: Rioting and Looting Never Justified
Violence gives cops the justification they need
Watch Cops Tackle a Woman Whose Son Was Just Kidnapped
Family friends help locate missing boy while local police pin down and handcuff mom.
Montana Legislature Votes to Require Conviction for Asset Forfeiture, But Federal Bypass Remains
Will reforms work or will police just turn to the Department of Justice?
The FBI Used to Have Integrity. Now Agents Lie, Cheat, and Break the Law.
The agency cuts constitutional corners in order to incriminate, then tries to change the subject.
New NYPD Training Urges Officers to Avoid Racial Profiling and Comments Like 'He's Irish, but I've Never Seen Him Drunk'
Training materials also suggest that imitating the speech patterns of other races or ethnicities may "appear disingenuous and possibly racist."
Tiny California Towns Have Big Asset Forfeiture Histories
New report shows municipalities bolstering ailing budgets with seizures.
Teen Sexting Investigators Have Their Heads in the Cloud
Missouri cops seek to search student Dropbox accounts after seizing cellphones turns up no nude pics.
Schools Treat Mild Misbehavior Like Capital Crime. It Has to Stop.
Won't someone please think of the children?
Tulsa Cops May Have Falsified Training Records for Volunteer Deputy Involved in Fatal Shooting
Perhaps the department thought managing the Sheriff's re-election campaign was training enough?
Rand Paul, Institute for Justice Push Senate for Forfeiture Reform
Committee hearing focuses on FAIR Act proposal.
What's Worse for This Teen's Health: Smoking an E-Cig, or Getting Tackled, Arrested, and Charged?
Watch the video and decide for yourself.
Driver's License Suspensions, Ruining the Disadvantaged's Lives
Taking away people's ability to travel by car over fines and fees is unreasonably destructive.
David Brooks Suddenly Cares About Privacy When Cops Wear Cameras
Videotaping the police? A grave incursion on our privacy. Scooping up data on hundreds of millions? Bo-ring!
More Come Forward to Accuse North Charleston Police and Michael Slager of Abuse
Lawsuit over use of Taser on arrested, submissive man.
From 'I Can't Breathe' to 'Fuck Your Breath': Tulsa Deputies Show Stunning Lack of Empathy in New Video of Eric Harris Shooting
Reserve Deputy Robert Bates said he thought he was holding a Taser, not a handgun, when he fired at Harris.
Great News: New Mexico's Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Signed by Governor
Actual criminal conviction will be required to take citizens' property.
Fleeing from Deputies Lands Southern California Man Vicious Beatdown Caught on Camera
After surrendering, he's punched 37 times and kicked 17 times.
Ohio State Trooper Will Go to Federal Prison for Repeat Sexual Misconduct During Traffic Stops
Family says he's "a good person" who simply "lacked the self-esteem" not to stalk and sexually assault vulnerable women.
Future of New Mexico's Overwhelmingly Supported Asset Forfeiture Reform Uncertain
If governor doesn't sign bill this week, it is dead.
Indiana Nurse Charged With Felony 'Resisting Arrest' for Driving to Safer Area for Traffic Stop
DelRea Good said she felt afraid to stop in a dark and isolated place, and that's not unwarranted.
Richmond Cops Say Man They Shot Pointed Gun at Them; Cops Saw Him Making a 'Hand to Hand' Drug Deal
How much violence is limiting people's freedom to buy and sell drugs worth?
FratPAC Lobbying to Hold Campus Rapists Criminally Accountable
But shifting rape investigations from campus to cops riles many.
Rapper Akilah Brock Claims Baseless NYPD Drug Stop Led to Eight-Day Psych Ward Confinement
Doctors didn't believe Brock was followed by Obama on Twitter or had a banking job. Both are true.
Watched Cops Are Polite Cops: San Diego Edition
Body-worn cameras encourage both police and citizens to behave better
New Mexico's Legislature Reforms Asset Forfeiture to Require Actual Guilt
Bill also shifts money seized to general fund and away from law enforcement.
