Government abuse
Iowa officials arrested this guy for criticizing them—twice. A federal judge says they are liable.
As Noah Petersen saw it, he was exercising his freedom of speech when he criticized the Newton, Iowa, police department during the public comment period at a city council meeting. But according to Mayor Michael Hansen and…
Brickbat: It Might Be Safer To Walk
Former Littleton, Colorado, school bus aide Kiarra Jones pleaded guilty to multiple charges after video and bus camera footage showed her assaulting three nonverbal students with autism while she worked on their bus. Parents…
Brickbat: Neither Snow nor Rain…
William White Jr., a U.S. Postal Service carrier in Florida, was arrested for trying to run over a 10-year-old boy with his postal truck because he thought the child was stealing a package. In fact, White had left the package…
Brickbat: Run From the Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe has been indicted on 10 counts of deprivation of civil rights under color of law and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Prosecutors said Uribe…
Governments are pushing digital IDs. Are you ready to be tracked?
Politicians push government IDs. In a TSA announcement, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem sternly warns, "You will need a REAL ID to travel by air or visit federal buildings." European politicians go much…
Behind the scenes with Reason’s libertarian journalists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzcuIuYNSTA On December 2, at 2 P.M. Eastern on YouTube, Reason's Liz Wolfe will be talking with many of your favorite Reason writers and reporters—folks like Andrew Heaton, César Báez,…
Wyoming woman sues her town to let her keep her pet pygmy goat
When Venus Bontadelli and her husband moved to Powell, Wyoming, to be closer to family, they also hoped to find a reprieve from the "increasingly illiberal and imperious state of politics in California." But it…
California couple faces $1 million in fines for someone else’s code violations
A California couple is staring down stratospheric fines after their property allegedly ran afoul of local cannabis code violations. The kicker, however, is that the previous owner is to blame for the infractions. That has not…
Texas city council approves $500,000 payment to Sylvia Gonzales over arrest
Sylvia Gonzalez, a former Texas city council member who said her political opponents punished her activism by orchestrating her arrest on a bogus criminal charge, has agreed to settle the resulting federal civil rights…
Treasury Department surveillance at southern border faces Fourth Amendment challenges
Valuta Corporation, a money services business (MSB) based in El Paso, Texas, has been run by Ashley Light's family for over 40 years. The first MSB licensed in Texas, Valuta provides money exchange, check-cashing, and…
