Police
Cops can force a pastor watering flowers to show ID, Alabama Supreme Court rules
A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling has vastly expanded police power in the state, holding that law enforcement can demand physical identification under the state's stop-and-identify law when someone provides…
Stuart Schrader’s ‘Blue Power’ explores the rise of police union politics
Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves, by Stuart Schrader. Basic Books, 432 pages, $34 "Everybody else can indulge in politics—every black group, every political party group, every church…
Former VA Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Dead in Murder-Suicide
Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, confirmed Thursday that they found former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax dead in his home in an apparent murder-suicide. “I’m here to confirm the identity of our shooter in this murder-suicide…
Brickbat: Taking Pictures
Former Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Stephen Kamnik pleaded guilty to crimes including unlawful use of a computer and wiretapping. Investigators found he had used official police databases, including driver's…
Brickbat: Too Fast for Conditions
A jury sentenced former Missouri City, Texas, police officer Blademir Viveros to 15 years in prison for causing a deadly crash while on duty in 2024. Prosecutors said he was driving 107 miles per hour without using his lights…
Brickbat: A Man on the Inside
A federal judge sentenced former Milwaukee police officer Juwon Madlock to five years in federal prison followed by three years of probation after he pleaded guilty to misconduct in office. Prosecutors say Madlock used his…
The Supreme Court’s next big Fourth Amendment case
In Carpenter v. United States (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that warrantless government tracking of cellphone users via their cellphone location records violated the constitutional right to be free from unreasonable…
Kansas family visited by police after letting kids play alone outside
Eighteen months ago Shaley Knickerbocker was living in small-town Kansas—Baldwin City, population about 5,000—when she sent her kids out to play one morning. It was about 7:30. They were 8, 6, and 4 years old at the time. She…
Colorado becomes first state to protect defendants against faulty roadside drug tests
Colorado recently enacted a law protecting criminal defendants arrested due to roadside tests for drugs, becoming the first state in the country to recognize widespread instances of wrongful arrests due to police…
Brickbat: Dangerous Hurry
Prosecutors have charged former Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Police Officer Deion Alexander with multiple traffic-related offenses, including first-degree vehicular homicide and reckless driving,…
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