Brickbat: Watch Those Hands
In England, former Thames Valley Police Constable Ben Lane was found to haveinappropriately touched a male colleague's leg while both were on duty in September 2024. Lane claimed he was just demonstrating a sexual…
Tag: Police Abuse
A cop who jailed a teen over a fake sex-trafficking ring still can’t be sued
A police officer who had a woman jailed for over two years on false charges in connection with a bogus sex-trafficking ring cannot be sued, a court confirmed last week, because she was acting under color of federal law—a…
ProPublica finds nearly 50 cases of immigration agents smashing car windows
The practices deployed by federal immigration officers to implement President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda, such as making arrests at immigration proceedings and agents wearing masks and plain clothes, have…
Brickbat: Candid Camera – Reason.com
A Detroit police officer was arrested at the city's 6th precinct, accused of stealing approximately $600 from a woman's purse during a March 7 traffic stop. According to the Detroit Police Department, the theft was…
Veteran with PTSD can sue the cops who arrested him for panhandling and tased his service dog, court rules
A homeless veteran arrested for panhandling—and whose service dog was tased by law enforcement—can move forward with his lawsuit against police and the city, a federal court ruled this week. Apart from the individual…
This U.S. citizen recorded an immigration arrest. Officers told him to delete it or face charges.
Immigration officers were caught on video celebrating proudly after using chokeholds and a stun gun to arrest two undocumented immigrants in Florida. The owner of the video, an 18-year-old American citizen, was threatened and…
The FBI took her $40,000 without explaining why. She fought back—and lost.
Linda Martin found out the hard way that the most powerful law enforcement agency in the U.S.—the FBI—can seize your assets without articulating why. Worse: Law enforcement took her savings in a raid that was itself…
New York State Police must disclose officer names in misconduct records
A judge ruled Monday that the New York State Police (NYSP) must disclose the names of officers it redacted from two decades of misconduct complaints sought by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU). Albany County Supreme…
Brickbat: Don't Come Around Here No More
Godson Vondee, a police officer in Prince William County, Virginia, has been charged with stalking and five counts of using a computer to obtain identifying information. He is accused of using the department's criminal…
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…
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