A Bonus Reason Roundtable. Live From New York City!
Enjoy a special video episode recorded live from New York City’s illustrious Comedy Cellar at the Village Underground.
Stop and Frisk
New York City Should Have Always Smelled Like Pot
The smell of weed in the streets is a sign of progress and tolerance, not decline.
The Drug Exception to the Second Amendment
Conservatives have been slow to recognize the threat that drug prohibition poses to gun rights and other civil liberties.
Beating Crime Without Sacrificing Civil Liberties: Live With ex-NYC Police Commissioner Bill Bratton
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion with former New York City police commissioner Bill Bratton about the new documentary "Gotham."
Incoming New York Mayor Makes Vague Case for the 'Proper' Kind of Stop-and-Frisk
Eric Adams thinks he can give the police more power to hunt for guns without making innocent minority men the inevitable target.
Stop Overpolicing
Excessive traffic and pedestrian stops, especially in black communities, are dangerous and counterproductive.
Bloomberg Drops Out, Demonstrating the Limits of Money and the Perils of Arrogance
The former New York City mayor has never been good at concealing his conviction that he is smarter and better than the rest of us.
Bloomberg Rewrites His History of Doggedly Defending Stop and Frisk
The presidential candidate's explanation of his sudden reversal on the issue is utterly implausible.
Joe Biden Is Happy To Talk About Michael Bloomberg's Stop-and-Frisk Record Because It Distracts From His Own Terrible Crime Policies
"The policy was abhorrent," Biden said of Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk program. Yes, but so was pretty much every criminal justice policy Biden pushed through the Senate.
Knives Come Out Immediately at Vegas Democratic Debate—and Not Just at Bloomberg
"Stop and frisk" policies are brought into the crosshairs right away.
Bloomberg's Constitutionally Oblivious Gun Battles
The presidential candidate’s gun control platform, like his defense of "stop and frisk," sacrifices civil liberties on the altar of public safety.
Bloomberg's Awful Old Quotes Defending Unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk Are Coming Back to Haunt Him
The former New York mayor is being called a racist for his former support of searching young minorities without cause.
Michael Bloomberg Plays Dumb About All the Criticism of His Stop-and-Frisk Support
He reversed position only as he decided to run for president and now seems surprised he’s getting asked about it.
Michael Bloomberg's Convenient 'Stop and Frisk' Conversion Is Transparently Insincere
The former New York mayor wants us to believe he suddenly realized a program he defended for 17 years was unfair and unconstitutional.
Michael Bloomberg's Centrism Combines the Worst Instincts of the Right and Left
In the unlikely event that the former New York mayor wins the Democratic nomination, the 2020 election will pit a billionaire busybody against a billionaire bully.
Michael Bloomberg: Legalizing Weed 'Is Perhaps the Stupidest Thing We've Ever Done'
It's safe to say this guy would not make a good president.
Michael Bloomberg Is No Defender of the Constitution
The former New York mayor's authoritarian record shows he has no real love for America's founding document.
Bloomberg and Trump Share a Love of Stop and Frisk
Both New York billionaires overestimate the program's effectiveness and overlook its constitutional defects.
Michael Bloomberg Thinks Charlie Rose, Unlike Random Black Dudes, Deserves a 'Presumption of Innocence'
The former New York mayor defends his stop-and-frisk policy while suggesting the famous TV host did not get a fair hearing.
Attorney General Sessions Properly Links an "ACLU Effect" and the Chicago Homicide Spike
The Attorney General approvingly discussed my article linking the dramatic decline in street stops in Chicago under an ACLU agreement and the subsequent homicide spike. While Professor John Rappaport has a different take on this "ACLU Effect," his unsupported analysis does not fit the data.
Now They're Coming for People's Knives. No, Really.
London's got a homicide problem, but leaders insist it's being caused by the tools.
The 2016 Chicago Homicide Spike—Further Explained
Some additional thoughts about how a 2015 ACLU consent decree with the Chicago Police Department contributed to the 2016 homicide spike--responding to tweets from Professor John Pfaff and to comments from the ACLU.
The 2016 Chicago Homicide Spike—Explained
After an ACLU consent decree with the Chicago Police Department dramatically reduced the number of stop and frisks, homicides significantly increased as a result.
ACLU To File Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Over Stop-and-Frisk
A class-action federal civil rights lawsuit argues the Milwaukee Police Department's suspicionless stop-and-frisk practices are unconstitutional.
Video Evidence Leads to $600,000 Settlement in NYPD Excessive Force Lawsuit
Taxpayers will foot the bill for the vicious beating of 19-year-old Jateik Reed, which started with an illegal stop-and-frisk.
Trump's Phony Crime Crisis
FBI numbers refute his portrait of a nation besieged by violent thugs.
Donald Trump Said Stop and Frisk Wasn't Unconstitutional. It Was.
Ending suspicionless searches didn't cause crime to rise in New York City.
Why Isn't Hillary Clinton as Popular as She Wants to Be?
Matt Welch discusses that plus Donald Trump's policing ideas on FBN's Kennedy tonight at 8 pm ET
Mass. High Court Rules Black Men May Have Legitimate Reasons To Run From Police
Running may "just as easily be motivated by desire to avoid the recurring indignity of being racially profiled as by desire to hide criminal activity."
NY Daily News Admits "We Were Wrong" About Stop and Frisk
Editorial board concedes that the heated rhetoric around curtailing unconstitutional stops did not lead to an end of effective policing.
NYPD No Longer Making Arrests For Drinking in Public, But Still Using Stop-and-Frisk
Criminal justice reform policies only work if police officers are aware of them.
The Case Against Stop-and-Frisk, Chapter DXXIII
When pedestrian police stops declined, crime failed to rise.
NYPD Found Altering Wikipedia Entries about Controversial Police Behavior, Incidents
Somebody tried to have a police shooting incident deleted entirely.
Obama Is No BFF of Latino Immigrants or Civil Liberties
His Criminal Alien Removal Initiative is brutal and hypocritical.
Four Reasons Why Freedom Lovers Should Cheer a Restrictionist-Led DHS Shutdown
It's an incompetent and evil agency. Shutting it down will halt the spread of its notorious new stop-and-frisk CARI program.
Court Rejects NYC Police Union Effort to Block Stop-and-Frisk Settlements
The last roadblock to ending the program.
NYPD Unions Can't Challenge Stop-and-Frisk Settlement
The unions argue that the ruling had hurt police officers' reputations and that the proposed reforms could impede their ability to do their jobs.
