Police

Police

Calif. Supreme Court Orders Officials to Name Names When Police Shoot People

Scott Shackford | 5.29.2014 5:30 PM

Culture

Forget What You Think You Know About Crowd Behavior

The rationality of crowds.

Jesse Walker | 5.29.2014 2:42 PM

Policy

Another Blow Against Cops Who Think They Have a Right Not to Be Recorded

Jacob Sullum | 5.29.2014 2:38 PM

Police Abuse

Seattle Cops Suing Over DOJ Use-of-Force Rules

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2014 12:56 PM

Militarization of Police

The Battlefield War Games Series Embraces Police Militarization

Scott Shackford | 5.28.2014 4:29 PM

Policy

Are Google Cars Self-Driving to a Future of Fewer Cops and Licenses?

Zenon Evans | 5.28.2014 4:21 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Strikes Down I.Q. Requirement in Death Penalty Case

Damon Root | 5.27.2014 3:27 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Police Who Used Deadly Force to End High-Speed Car Chase

Damon Root | 5.27.2014 10:59 AM

Policy

Expensive Fusion Centers Tracked Occupy Movement with High-Tech Tools Like Google News Alerts

Scott Shackford | 5.23.2014 3:11 PM

Bankrupt Cities

Bankrupt San Bernardino Attempts to Address Inability to Actually Negotiate Public Safety Wages

Scott Shackford | 5.23.2014 11:44 AM

Police

Miami Beach Cop Says Mayor Tried to 'Instigate' Confrontation Along With Democratic Fund-Raiser During Party Crashing Incident

Ed Krayewski | 5.22.2014 1:55 PM

Politics

Nick Gillespie on CNN's Erin Burnett Outfront, Talking Life Sentence for Hash Brownies

Nick Gillespie | 5.21.2014 4:47 PM

Civil Liberties

Another Day, Another Cop Shoots a Dog

It's time to teach the police some new tricks.

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.21.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

Ohio Jail Shows Pirated Movies to Entertain Inmates Jailed for Pirating Movies

Nick Gillespie | 5.19.2014 7:01 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Orders New Hearings for Cop Who Tasered and Killed Handcuffed Suspect

Damon Root | 5.19.2014 11:12 AM

Politics

Don't Go

Charles Oliver | 5.19.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: Don't Go

Charles Oliver | 5.19.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

LAPD Shut Down Community Over Police Shooting That Might Not Have Actually Happened

Scott Shackford | 5.16.2014 11:16 AM

Police

Iowa Student Suspended for BB Gun Found in Car Parked Off Campus

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2014 6:02 PM

Civil Liberties

Does Police Work Involve Special 'Bravery,' 'Courage,' or 'Risk,' As the White House Claims?

J.D. Tuccille | 5.13.2014 4:06 PM

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