Police

Civil Liberties

Alec Baldwin Booked by NYPD After Biking in Wrong Direction, Calls City a 'Mismanaged Carnival of Stupidity'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.13.2014 3:17 PM

Policy

Woman Charged With 'Wiretapping' For Recording Her Own Arrest (But Federal Law May Protect Her)

J.D. Tuccille | 5.12.2014 7:53 PM

Politics

It's Not Racist to Hate the Government

Democrats and progressives are flat-out wrong about libertarians.

Nick Gillespie | 5.11.2014 3:30 PM

Bullying

City Council Interested in Power to Arrest 5-Year-Olds for Serial Bullying

Ed Krayewski | 5.9.2014 3:15 PM

Police

London Cops Begin Body Cameras Trial

Matthew Feeney | 5.9.2014 11:17 AM

Policy

San Fran Locals Hate Tourists, Frustrated That Bus Ban Doesn't Work

Zenon Evans | 5.8.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Minnesota Now Requires Folks to Actually Be Convicted Before Seizing Their Stuff

Scott Shackford | 5.8.2014 11:23 AM

Police

Cops Search Kid's Home After Tip About Pellet Gun Brought to Middle School

Ed Krayewski | 5.7.2014 3:49 PM

Politics

Live Free and Call Cops Liars on Your License Plate in New Hampshire

Scott Shackford | 5.7.2014 12:52 PM

Policy

Another Frightening Example of Cops Dressing Like Soldiers

Matthew Feeney | 5.7.2014 12:10 PM

Civil Liberties

How Maryland Cops' Plan to Live-Tweet a Prostitution Sting Backfired

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.7.2014 11:43 AM

Civil Liberties

Juvenile Sex Offender Registry Requirement Before Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.5.2014 2:40 PM

Culture

Purity Police: Las Vegas Cops Tell Teen Girls Premarital Sex Kills

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.5.2014 11:27 AM

Civil Liberties

Don't Go in the Woods

Charles Oliver | 5.5.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Don't Go in the Woods

Charles Oliver | 5.5.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

How the Drug War Threatens Privacy Rights Around the World

The war on drugs drives a greater demand for police wiretaps, which in turn erodes society's support for privacy rights.

S.M. Oliva | 5.4.2014 12:00 PM

Culture

Judge Sentences Rapist to Community Service at Rape Crisis Center

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.2.2014 4:55 PM

Civil Liberties

NYPD Cops Can't Stop Drunkenly Shooting at People This Week

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.2.2014 2:40 PM

Culture

Improv Everywhere's Silly Mannequin Stunt Gets Everybody Arrested

Scott Shackford | 5.1.2014 4:00 PM

Culture

Cincinnati Literally Barricading Roads in Effort to Stop Prostitutes

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.1.2014 3:40 PM

Policy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Police Power to Conduct Warrantless Car Searches

Damon Root | 5.1.2014 11:31 AM

Politics

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Today at SCOTUS: Do Cops Need a Warrant to Search Your Cellphone When You're Under Arrest?

Damon Root | 4.29.2014 8:10 AM

Policy

'A Freedom-Destroying Cocktail': Justice Breyer Keeps Siding with the Cops in Fourth Amendment Cases

Damon Root | 4.28.2014 3:50 PM

Policy

An End to New York's War on Condoms?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.28.2014 10:53 AM

Civil Liberties

Man Rousted at Gunpoint After License Plate Scanner Misreads Plate

J.D. Tuccille | 4.28.2014 10:03 AM

Civil Liberties

Police Union Wants To Know Why Perp 'Forced' Cop To Pummel Him

Zenon Evans | 4.25.2014 2:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Twitter's Take on #MyNYPD Not Exactly What NYPD Hoped for

On Tuesday, @NYPDnews asked people on Twitter to post photos of themselves with politce officers, using the hashtag #MyNYPD. You can probably imagine how this went ....

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.23.2014 11:03 AM

Public schools

Police Officer Tells Parents They Could Be 'Trespassing' on School Property If They Oppose Standardized Testing

Ed Krayewski | 4.22.2014 4:53 PM

Politics

Clarence Thomas vs. Antonin Scalia on 4th Amendment and 'Reasonable Suspicion'

Damon Root | 4.22.2014 2:18 PM

Politics

Sex Slaves and the Surveillance State

Why 'human trafficking' is a dangerous term

Thaddeus Russell | 4.22.2014 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Texas Cop Trips Girls Celebrating State Soccer Title, Creates New Generation of Cop Haters

Nick Gillespie | 4.22.2014 9:31 AM

Culture

Seattle Sheriff's Deputy Under Investigation for Using County Computers to Help Wife Sell Sex

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.21.2014 11:01 AM

Police

L.A. Sheriff's Department Didn't Disclose Massive Surveillance Program, Because People Wouldn't Like It

Ed Krayewski | 4.18.2014 4:50 PM

Politics

Court Documents Reveal Details of LAPD Incident with Photographer

Paul Detrick | 4.18.2014 3:24 PM

Politics

Peoria Mayor Sends Police to Track Down Twitter Parodist

Scott Shackford | 4.18.2014 10:33 AM

Policy

NYPD Ends Mass Surveillance of Muslims

Scott Shackford | 4.16.2014 11:02 AM

Policy

Dallas Police Union: Recording Cops 'Creating a Major Officer Safety Issue'

Ed Krayewski | 4.11.2014 1:53 PM

Police Abuse

L.A. Sheriff's Deputies Shoot Fleeing Hostage, Charge Hostage Taker With Murder

Ed Krayewski | 4.11.2014 10:26 AM

Policy

Albuquerque Police Just a Tad Too Abusive for the Department of Justice's Liking

Report decries repeated, systemic unconstitutional uses of excessive force

Scott Shackford | 4.10.2014 3:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Should Violent Rap Lyrics Be Admitted As Criminal Evidence?

Damon Root | 4.9.2014 4:20 PM

Policy

Timely Reality Check as Cops and Firemen Pound Each Other at a Charity Hockey Game

J.D. Tuccille | 4.7.2014 10:27 AM

Civil Liberties

Reason-Rupe Poll: Half of Americans Think Cops Not Held Accountable

Paul Detrick | 4.4.2014 9:35 AM

Civil Liberties

Cop Charged in Death of 95-Year-Old Nursing Home Resident

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.2.2014 3:45 PM

Police

Not Just Hollywood: Nearly a Dozen Police Cruisers Respond to Possible "Crazed" DUI Suspect; Cops Come Guns Drawn

Ed Krayewski | 4.2.2014 2:15 PM

Policy

The Case Against Warrantless Cell Phone Snooping by the Cops

Damon Root | 3.31.2014 4:40 PM

Kelly Thomas

Cop in Kelly Thomas Beating Death Wants Immunity from Federal Prosecution

Scott Shackford | 3.31.2014 2:29 PM