SWAT

Civil Liberties

Arkansas Police Chief Proposes Random ID Checks By Armed Patrols

Militarizing police work, chapter DXXIII.

Jesse Walker | 12.18.2012 9:52 AM

Civil Liberties

Utah Man Who Shot Agent During SWAT Raid Can't Use "Defense of Habitation"

Only applies to "unlawful entry," but other defense strategies are available

Reason Staff | 11.26.2012 1:08 PM

Culture

Justin Beiber's Home "Swatted"

Police answer fake 911 call with team. Fortunately he was not home.

Reason Staff | 10.11.2012 12:52 PM

Policy

Police Worry About Growth of "Swatting" Pranks

False reports to draw out SWAT teams are going to get somebody killed

Reason Staff | 10.5.2012 3:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Town Appeals Decision to Allow Lawsuit Over Deadly SWAT Raid to Move Forward

The officer's own testimony already exonerated him after all

Ed Krayewski | 9.25.2012 8:41 PM

Policy

DHS Raid in Texas Fails Because Targets Moved Months Ago

Fortunately couple who live there now weren't at home

Reason Staff | 9.14.2012 8:00 PM

War on Drugs

Wrong Address SWAT Raid Terrorizes Eight Children

Guns drawn, door busted down.

Reason Staff | 8.10.2012 6:08 PM

Civil Liberties

Idaho "Sovereign Citizens" Spark Two-Hour SWAT Standoff For Illegal Plates

Lucy Steigerwald | 8.10.2012 4:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Let's Start a Moral Panic About Teen "SWAT-ing"! (Not the Militarization of Police.)

Lucy Steigerwald | 8.9.2012 4:58 PM

Policy

Police Raid Wrong House, Steal 18-Year-Old Girl's Computer Thanks to Unsecured WiFi Connection

Calvin Thompson | 6.29.2012 12:05 PM

Politics

Maricopa County SWAT Team Thrills Awful Fox News Reporter

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.8.2012 7:45 PM

Policy

Lawyer for Anti-Illegal Immigrant Group Gets SWAT Raid for Son's Graffiti, But He's Still Not Worried About Law Enforcement Excess

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.25.2012 9:15 PM

Policy

Are We Sliding Toward a Police State?

Law enforcement officials should not behave like an invading army.

Steven Greenhut | 4.20.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Updates and a Civil Suit From That 2011 Maricopa County SWAT Raid Starring Steven Seagal

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.8.2012 11:20 AM

Politics

Reason.tv: Q&A with Farmageddon's director Kristin Canty

Nick Gillespie and Anthony Fisher | 6.30.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: 40 Years of Drug War Failure—LEAP's Neill Franklin

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.17.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

No Really: SWAT Team Raids House at 6 AM and Handcuffs Father of Three Young Kids to Execute a Dept. of Education Search Warrant for Estranged Wife's Defaulted Student Loans

Matt Welch | 6.8.2011 9:40 AM

Politics

What Does the SWAT Marine Data Dump Prove?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.27.2011 9:57 PM

Policy

Radley Balko Rides Again

Jesse Walker | 5.25.2011 6:29 PM

Politics

Jose Guerena Evidence: Don't Buy Your Kids the Jesús Malverde Bobblehead

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.22.2011 5:46 PM

Politics

Marine Survives Two Tours in Iraq, SWAT Kills Him

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.16.2011 10:55 PM

Government failure

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 3.19.2011 9:25 AM

Politics

Government Goons Murder Puppies!

The drug war goes to the dogs.

Radley Balko | 4.1.2006 12:00 AM