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Racial Profiling

Comedian Eric Andre holds a press conference related to his lawsuit against Clayton County police.

Airports

Comedians Sue Atlanta Police for Racial Profiling Over Airport Searches

The lawsuit contends that after passengers are screened at federally mandated security checkpoints, Clayton County police search them again before they can board their flight.

Joe Lancaster | 10.12.2022 12:00 PM

Racial Profiling

Immigration

End Racial Profiling in Immigration Enforcement

It's virtually the only area of law enforcement where racial discrimination is officially permitted by policy. And it's both wrong and illegal.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 8.6.2022 10:25 AM

Ron DeSantis leaves a stage after giving a speech

Immigration

Ron DeSantis' Immigration Crackdown Could Prove Costly

A new directive could impose a hefty financial burden on state taxpayers and reduce community trust toward police.

Fiona Harrigan | 6.22.2022 4:04 PM

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Immigration

A Knoxville Woman Called 911. Instead of Getting Help, She Was Arrested and Placed in Immigration Detention for Months.

Knox County's program authorizing such enforcement activities may have been instituted illegally.

Fiona Harrigan | 11.10.2021 4:50 PM

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Police Abuse

A New Report on the Aurora, Colorado, Police Department Documents a Pattern of Excessive Force and Racial Disparities

The report from the attorney general's office also found that Aurora paramedics used ketamine illegally to treat "excited delirium."

Jacob Sullum | 9.17.2021 5:45 PM

George Floyd

Police

A Few Thoughts in Anticipation of the Derek Chauvin Verdict

Whatever happens, much will remain to be done to curb police abuse. But there is still no justification for rioting.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.20.2021 4:32 PM

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Documentary

Trial 4

Ellis' story is a vivid illustration of the principle that justice delayed is justice denied.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.1.2021 6:00 AM

Racial Profiling

Police

The Problem of Racial Profiling—Why it Matters and What Can be Done About it

Why racial profiling is an important problem, why it's so difficult to address, and what can nonetheless be done about it.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.8.2020 12:35 AM

War of Ideas

Police Abuse

How Injustice at Home Damages the US Position in the World

The upheaval over police abuses has damaged America's image in the world, especially coming on the heels of other blows to American "soft power." We can and should do better.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.6.2020 5:47 PM

George Floyd

Volokh Conspiracy

How to Curb Police Abuses—And How Not to

Much can and must be done to curb police brutality. The task is difficult, but far from hopeless. But riots and looting are both wrong in themselves, and likely to have counterproductive results.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.31.2020 4:29 PM

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Reason Roundup

Cops Say Cindy McCain Didn't Catch Toddler Trafficker at Airport

Plus: Lionel Shriver on cultural erasure and Stormy Daniels on strip-club labor laws

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.7.2019 9:30 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Relying on Guesswork

Charles Oliver | 1.11.2019 4:00 AM

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Marijuana

Jamaican Musician Gets 8-Year Sentence for Weed He Says He Bought Legally

Patrick Beadle was convicted on a drug trafficking charge, even though there's very little evidence he was a dealer.

Joe Setyon | 10.18.2018 3:30 PM

Volokh Conspiracy

Thoughts on the Kavanaugh Racial Profiling Emails Revealed by Sen. Cory Booker

Conservative support for racial profiling is deeply problematic. But the e-mail leaked by Sen. Cory Booker actually shows Brett Kavanaugh advocating "race-neutral" post-9/11 security policies.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.6.2018 2:29 PM

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Brett Kavanaugh

Cory Booker Risks Senate Expulsion, Releases Confidential Kavanaugh Emails About 'Racial Profiling'

Booker's totally not running for president or anything.

Joe Setyon | 9.6.2018 12:15 PM

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Police

Ving Rhames Says Police Put a Gun in His Face After a Neighbor Thought He Was Robbing Himself

The Santa Monica Police Department defended their aggressive response after a neighbor called police on the Mission Impossible actor.

Zuri Davis | 7.31.2018 9:15 AM

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Police

Neighbor Calls Cops on 11-Year-Old Black Boy With a Paper Route

A boy delivering newspapers with his mom and brother aroused the suspicion of a local resident, even though he hadn't done anything wrong.

Joe Setyon | 7.11.2018 11:00 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Hotline Bling

Charles Oliver | 1.31.2018 4:00 AM

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Policy

ACLU Documents Racially Skewed Enforcement of Seat Belt Laws

An overlooked alternative: no enforcement

Jacob Sullum | 1.28.2016 10:31 AM

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Civil Liberties

Asian Girl Band Detained at LAX Because Officials Think They Must Be Sex Workers

Members of the South Korean pop group "Oh My Girl" fall victim to U.S. sex-trafficking hysteria.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.14.2015 9:30 AM

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Politics

Civil Libertarian Rand Paul Becomes the Frontman for a Notorious Racial Profiling and Surveillance Program

He wants Muslim foreigners to be required to register with Uncle Sam

Shikha Dalmia | 7.18.2015 1:50 PM

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Civil Asset Forfeiture

Music Videos, Drugs, Whatever: The DEA Will Take That $18,000, Young Man

Civil forfeiture tactics are increasingly making the news.

Scott Shackford | 5.11.2015 12:22 PM

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Civil Liberties

New NYPD Training Urges Officers to Avoid Racial Profiling and Comments Like 'He's Irish, but I've Never Seen Him Drunk'

Training materials also suggest that imitating the speech patterns of other races or ethnicities may "appear disingenuous and possibly racist."

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.22.2015 12:05 PM

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Racial Profiling

Holder's Claim He Will End Federal Racial Profiling 'Once and for All' a Great Big Lie

Scott Shackford | 12.7.2014 12:15 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Judge Napolitano on Suicide Pact, Commie Jesse Myerson on the Awesome National Debt, Plus Ferguson, Four More Presidential Candidates, and Holder's 'End' to Racial Profiling

Matt Welch | 12.2.2014 8:24 PM

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Racial Profiling

Holder Says Feds to End Racial Profiling. Unless He's Declaring an End to the Drug War, No.

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2014 1:45 PM

Policy

Polling Finds a Stark Racial Divide in Perceptions of Law Enforcement

Jason Keisling and Emily Ekins | 11.25.2014 4:45 PM

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Politics

Poll: 70% of Americans Oppose Racial Profiling by the Police

Emily Ekins | 10.14.2014 7:30 AM

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