Police Abuse
Pennsylvania police officer threatens to run over protester for filming on the sidewalk
As longtime Reason readers are aware, police officers often don't like to be filmed by the public. Recently, an officer in Pennsylvania got so fed up with being recorded that he drove his car on the sidewalk and…
5 years after Breonna Taylor was killed, 1 officer gets 33 months
It's been over five years since the tragic death of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot during a no-knock police raid at her home in Louisville, Kentucky. On Monday, Brett Hankison, a former Louisville Metro Police…
Brickbat: Pretty Tied Up
A federal judge sentenced Mario Stewart, a retired police sergeant in Mount Vernon, New York, to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for repeatedly tasing a restrained 20-year-old man who was experiencing…
Why a Trump-appointed judge is torching his court’s approach to qualified immunity
Concurrences are underrated. Though they don't serve as the primary explanation for a court's ruling, they can add crucial context to majority opinions and shape how we interpret them—and the law generally. For a…
Video shows Grant County deputy killing a baby rabbit
My friend Willow likes to kill baby rabbits. So does Alejandro Gomez. One important difference is that Willow, who also likes to eat baby rabbits, is half Border Collie and half Australian Shepherd, while Gomez is a human…
Brickbat: In a Hurry
Former Warren, Michigan, police officer James Burke faces two felony counts of homicide-manslaughter with a motor vehicle after he drove a police SUV at nearly 115 mph, crashing into a Dodge Durango and killing Cedric Hayden…
Brickbat: Second Opinion
In England, two Metropolitan Police have been fired after strip-searching a 15-year-old girl at her school, without her parent's permission or knowledge. A disciplinary panel found trainee detective Kristina Linge and…
Brickbat: Take a Bite out of Crime
A judge has sentenced former Antioch, California, police officer Morteza Amiri to seven years in prison for violating a bicyclist's civil rights by ordering his K-9 to bite the man unnecessarily, falsifying a police…
Texas cop who took child based on false abandonment claim won’t receive qualified immunity
Around 10 a.m. on a Friday in October 2018, 14-year-old Jade McMurry was confronted by two police officers, Kevin Brunner and Alexandra Weaver, at the door to the apartment in Midland, Texas, that she shared with her parents…
Brickbat: Fool Me Once…
Dammeon Player, a former police officer in Warren, Michigan, was sentenced to 45 days in jail and two years of probation after pleading guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and misconduct in office for tasing someone…
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