Georgia Cops Are Still Hassling Vape Stores Over Legal Products
Courts have repeatedly ruled that delta-8 and delta-10 products are legal. So why are officers and district attorneys still raiding shops?
Courts have repeatedly ruled that delta-8 and delta-10 products are legal. So why are officers and district attorneys still raiding shops?
The local prosecuting attorney in Sunflower, Mississippi, is seeking to take away Nakala Murry's three children.
Dewonna Goodridge quickly discovered that Kansas civil asset forfeiture laws were stacked against her when sheriff's deputies seized her truck.
Bruce Frankel was tased by a police officer in 2022 after his fiancee called 911 seeking medical help. Now he's suing.
Harold Medina, who severely injured a driver while fleeing a gunman, ordered a thorough investigation of his own conduct.
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The Georgia man was released after making a plea deal. He spent a decade in jail before ever being convicted of a crime.
The officers are avoiding accountability after getting qualified immunity.
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In the name of safety, politicians did many things that diminished our lives—without making us safer.
Citizens should be able to choose the same high-quality defensive arms that peace officers choose
A black resident called the police to complain about alleged racial harassment by white neighbor; the resident alleges the police arrested him for leaving the scene after the police arrived, but didn't arrest the neighbor for doing the same thing.
New Orleans police found rats eating marijuana the department had confiscated as part of the War on Drugs.
After blaming the state's bathroom law, The New York Times says "it has never been clear" whether gender identity figured in the fight that preceded Nex Benedict's death.
On the latest episode of Just Asking Questions, Radley Balko debates Coleman Hughes about Hughes' recent column arguing that Derek Chauvin may have been wrongly convicted of George Floyd's murder.
The admission came as the agency pushed for funding. It's a reminder that the cops should spend fewer resources seizing cannabis and more on solving serious crimes.
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The legal victory has been attributed to a 2020 law banning qualified immunity for police in Colorado.
Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina, who promised to "get to the bottom of this," is himself the subject of an internal investigation after broadsiding a car last month.
It can certainly be true that Peter Cichuniec made an egregious professional misjudgment. And it can also be true that punishing him criminally makes little sense.
"Nobody's ever reported that to me," Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said after his deputies admitted to brutalizing innocent people.
Even though police found no signs of drugs or other contraband, Holly Elish was strip-searched by Pennsylvania police officers.
The Secret Service’s strange reaction to the U.S. airman who lit himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy.
Third-grader Quantavious Eason was arrested and charged as a "child in need of services" after being caught peeing behind his mother's car.
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Amid fear of rising crime, let's take a careful and deliberate approach—lest innocent people lose their rights and property.
Don’t let culture war politics overwhelm a commitment to the facts.
The measure, which will be on the March 5 ballot, would greatly expand the SFPD's power while subjecting it to even less scrutiny.
The dangers inherent in targeting criminals-to-be have yet to be addressed.
Plus: A listener asks if the editors have criteria for what constitutes a good law.
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