Police

Eric Garner

Eric Garner's Death Won't Even Show Up in FBI Stats on Police Homicides

Scott Shackford | 12.3.2014 3:55 PM

Politics

"The Policies That Killed Eric Garner"

Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 3:43 PM

Civil Liberties

Alameda County Sheriff Secretly Buys Two Drones

Paul Detrick | 12.3.2014 3:28 PM

Politics

NYPD Chokehold Cop Not Indicted in Death of Eric Garner

Nick Gillespie | 12.3.2014 2:26 PM

Eric Garner

Will Grand Jury Investigating Eric Garner's Choking Death Lead to New Outrage?

Scott Shackford | 12.3.2014 11:30 AM

Policy

Cops Seize Man's Property, Freeze Bank Accounts—And He Wishes They Would Charge Him with a Crime

Robby Soave | 12.3.2014 11:20 AM

Racial Profiling

Holder Says Feds to End Racial Profiling. Unless He's Declaring an End to the Drug War, No.

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2014 1:45 PM

Policy

Did Marijuana Kill Michael Brown?

Prosecutors suggested to a grand jury that reefer madness caused the behavior that led to a police shooting.

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2014 8:15 AM

Police Abuse

Obama Doesn't Really Care About Police Militarization

Scott Shackford | 12.1.2014 3:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Stops Black Man For Putting His Hands in Pockets on Cold Winter Day

Robby Soave | 12.1.2014 10:40 AM

Politics

Ex Cop: Everyone Behaves Better When They're on Video

Joshua Swain | 11.30.2014 5:00 PM

Policy

Darren Wilson Denied Shooting at a Fleeing Suspect Yet Offered a Justification for Doing So

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2014 4:00 PM

Policy

Cops vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas and The Power of New Media

Paul Detrick | 11.29.2014 3:00 PM

Civil Asset Forfeiture

How to Fight Civil Forfeiture

Scott Bullock | 11.29.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

If the Grand Jurors Had Indicted Darren Wilson, Would Prosecutors Have Been Obligated to Ignore Them?

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2014 9:35 AM

Politics

Why We Should Care About the Racial Divide in Perceptions of Law Enforcement

Emily Ekins | 11.26.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

National Guard Steps Up Role in Ferguson

Tuesday night was much calmer than Monday

Aaron Malin | 11.26.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Darren Wilson Got a Private Trial Run by Friendly Prosecutors

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2014 6:45 AM

Policy

Polling Finds a Stark Racial Divide in Perceptions of Law Enforcement

Jason Keisling and Emily Ekins | 11.25.2014 4:45 PM

Politics

Why Police Officers Keep Claiming Their Unarmed Victims Had Guns, and What We Can Do About It

Emily Ekins | 11.25.2014 2:58 PM

Policy

Why Michael Brown's Killer Would Have Been Acquitted

Conflicting witness accounts and ambiguous physical evidence provide plenty of room for reasonable doubt.

Jacob Sullum | 11.25.2014 12:45 PM

Militarization of Police

D.C. Has Done Nothing About Its Role in Militarizing Police

Scott Shackford | 11.25.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

Did Marijuana Kill Michael Brown?

Jacob Sullum | 11.25.2014 10:29 AM

Policy

Widespread Anger Following No Indictment of Ferguson Officer

Police and protestors clash

Aaron Malin | 11.25.2014 8:18 AM

Politics

Grand Juries Almost Never Fail to Indict, But They Did in Ferguson

Anthony Fisher | 11.25.2014 12:52 AM

Ferguson

Would a Jury Have Convicted Darren Wilson Anyway? And What Does That Mean?

Scott Shackford | 11.24.2014 11:35 PM

Policy

No Indictment From Ferguson Grand Jury. Police Officer Darren Wilson Won't Face Trial for Killing Michael Brown.

A decision that's likely to leave many people unsatisfied.

J.D. Tuccille | 11.24.2014 11:14 PM

Politics

In Utah, You're More Likely to be Shot Dead by a Cop Than a Criminal

Anthony Fisher | 11.24.2014 3:03 PM

Police

Killing of Police Officers Down for Second Year

Scott Shackford | 11.24.2014 2:05 PM

Civil Liberties

VID: Ferguson Grand Jury Decides–Police Press Conference (Parody)

Paul Detrick and Justin Monticello | 11.22.2014 7:00 PM

Michael Brown

Federal Judge Orders Police Not to Interfere with Recording in Ferguson

Scott Shackford | 11.21.2014 3:00 PM

Surveillance

Surveillance Sneaking Its Way Into Cities

ACLU 'model ordinance' would at least require a public debate

Steven Greenhut | 11.21.2014 12:00 PM

Michael Brown

Darren Wilson in Negotiations to Resign from Ferguson Police Department

Ed Krayewski | 11.20.2014 11:40 PM

Civil Liberties

At Least 40 Federal Agencies Now Conduct Undercover Operations

Proliferating spies

Jesse Walker | 11.20.2014 10:33 AM

Policy

Senators Feinstein, Portman Want to Expand Wiretapping Authority to Combat Sex Trafficking

Another anti-sex trafficking bill from Sen. Dianne Feinstein that uses inflated fears about the issue to push unconstitutional expansions of federal law enforcement power

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.19.2014 5:15 PM

Government employees

Byzantine Civil Service Fight in New Orleans Leads to 20 Percent Raises for Police Officers

Ed Krayewski | 11.19.2014 3:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Most States Project Prison Populations to Keep Growing

The number of inmates in state prisons is set to rise 3 percent by 2018 and reverse a recent downward trend.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.18.2014 12:25 PM

Police

Honor the Vets

Charles Oliver | 11.18.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

All's Quiet (So Far) on the Ferguson Front

J.D. Tuccille and Aaron Malin | 11.17.2014 12:28 PM

Civil Asset Forfeiture

D.C. Police's Asset Forfeitures Are Very Lucrative and Very Petty

Scott Shackford | 11.17.2014 11:05 AM

Politics

Former Cop Earns Federal Indictment for Teaching How to Pass a Polygraph!

Nick Gillespie | 11.17.2014 10:02 AM

World

Brickbat: Why Most British Cops Don't Carry Guns

Charles Oliver | 11.14.2014 6:08 AM

World

Why Most British Cops Don't Carry Guns

Charles Oliver | 11.14.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Can Democrats and Republicans Now Agree to Reform the Awful U.S. Criminal Justice System?

"Tough on crime" laws are bad policy and bad politics.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.13.2014 4:31 PM

Police

Violence by Americans Is Down, Unless Those Americans Happen to Be Police Officers

Scott Shackford | 11.13.2014 11:10 AM