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Matthew Petti | 5.15.2024 10:10 AM Police FLORIDA POLICE DEPARTMENTS SPENT THOUSANDS ON TRAINING SEMINARS BANNED IN 9 STATES A New Jersey government watchdog said Street Cop Training instructors glorified violence, made discriminatory remarks, and offered unprofessional and unconstitutional advice to officers. C.J. Ciaramella | 5.1.2024 3:46 PM Police CALIFORNIA COPS LOCKED AN INNOCENT MAN IN A SEX OFFENDER UNIT FOR 3 DAYS Victor Manuel Martinez Wario was jailed for a total of five days, spending three of those in special housing for sex offenders. Emma Camp | 5.1.2024 3:27 PM Police Abuse A TEXAS REPORTER BUSTED FOR ASKING QUESTIONS ASKS SCOTUS TO REJECT THE CRIMINALIZATION OF JOURNALISM Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors. Jacob Sullum | 4.26.2024 4:20 PM Privacy APPEALS COURT RULES THAT COPS CAN PHYSICALLY MAKE YOU UNLOCK YOUR PHONE The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station. Joe Lancaster | 4.19.2024 12:50 PM Surveillance BIDEN OPPOSES BILL THAT WOULD KEEP COPS AND FEDS FROM BUYING YOUR DATA The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act would prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing data that they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain. Joe Lancaster | 4.17.2024 4:20 PM Congress CONGRESS DOES NOT COME BACK WITH A WARRANT Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes). Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 4.15.2024 5:00 PM Surveillance DONALD TRUMP'S COWARDICE OVER WARRANTLESS SPYING "I told everybody, 'Do what you want,'" Trump said on Friday night, as he let the deep state win again. Eric Boehm | 4.15.2024 1:15 PM Fourth Amendment COME BACK WITH A WARRANT Plus: A fight over Section 702 spying reforms, Iran threatens Israel and the U.S., Trump's proposed tariff is even worse than we thought, and more... Eric Boehm | 4.11.2024 9:35 AM Police Abuse CALIFORNIA COPS TASED A MAN HAVING A SEIZURE, THEN BOOKED HIM ON BOGUS CHARGES TO COVER THEIR MISTAKE Bruce Frankel was tased by a police officer in 2022 after his fiancee called 911 seeking medical help. Now he's suing. Emma Camp | 4.5.2024 3:13 PM Police Abuse JUDGE QUASHES FELONY MURDER CHARGES AGAINST FORMER HOUSTON COP WHOSE LIES LED TO A DEADLY 2019 DRUG RAID Gerald Goines' lawyers argued that the indictment did not adequately specify the underlying felony of tampering with a government document. Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2024 1:25 PM Surveillance STOP YOUR CAR FROM SPYING ON YOU Modern cars are smartphones on wheels, but with less protection for your data. J.D. Tuccille | 3.25.2024 7:00 AM Fourth Amendment STUDY ESTIMATES NEARLY 96% OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IS OPEN TO WARRANTLESS SEARCHES The Institute for Justice says its data show that a century-old Supreme Court doctrine created a huge exception to the Fourth Amendment. C.J. Ciaramella | 3.14.2024 3:13 PM Fourth Amendment LOUISIANA LAW LETS WILDLIFE AGENTS TRESPASS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY A lawsuit from the Institute for Justice claims the law violates the Louisiana Constitution. Joe Lancaster | 3.13.2024 1:00 PM Guns URINALYSIS REQUIREMENT FOR GUN CARRY PERMIT LIKELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.28.2024 10:54 AM Crime DON'T LET CRIME FEARS UNDERMINE AMERICANS' RIGHTS Amid fear of rising crime, let's take a careful and deliberate approach—lest innocent people lose their rights and property. Steven Greenhut | 2.23.2024 7:30 AM Government abuse NYC CHILD PROTECTION AGENCY USES 'COERCIVE TACTICS' TO BULLY PARENTS INTO ALLOWING WARRANTLESS SEARCHES According to a new lawsuit, NYC's child protection agency almost never obtained warrants when it searched over 50,000 family homes during abuse and neglect investigations. Emma Camp | 2.20.2024 4:20 PM Police Abuse A FLORIDA COP GETS INTO A SHOOTOUT WITH AN ACORN, EMPTYING HIS GUN INTO HIS OWN PATROL CAR Deputy Jesse Hernandez, whose bullets miraculously missed the handcuffed suspect in the car, resigned during an investigation that found he "violated policy." Jacob Sullum | 2.14.2024 1:25 PM Qualified Immunity QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IS NOT LIMITED TO POLICE BRUTALITY. IT PROTECTS A WIDE VARIETY OF ABUSIVE OFFICIALS. An analysis of appeals involving the doctrine finds that less than a quarter "fit the popular conception of police accused of excessive force." Jacob Sullum | 2.13.2024 3:50 PM Police BUFFALO COPS DENIED QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR ARRESTING MAN WHO CALLED OFFICER AN 'ASSHOLE' R. Anthony Rupp III was cited and detained after he called a police officer an "asshole" after the cop nearly drove into two pedestrians. Emma Camp | 2.13.2024 12:13 PM Civil Asset Forfeiture AN ALABAMA COUPLE'S LIVES WERE UPENDED BY AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICE RAID. A JURY AWARDED THEM $1 MILLION. Greg and Teresa Almond lost their house and livelihood over a misdemeanor drug crime. Sheriff's deputies never got a warrant to search their house. C.J. Ciaramella | 2.9.2024 2:34 PM Police Abuse COPS ARRESTED HIM FOR A FICTITIOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATION BECAUSE HE FLIPPED THEM OFF A federal judge allowed a lawsuit against the officers to proceed, finding evidence of several constitutional violations. Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2024 2:15 PM Police TEXAS COPS HELD A TERRIFIED COUPLE AT GUNPOINT AFTER RAIDING THE WRONG HOUSE Tyler Harrington has filed a lawsuit after four police officers burst into his home in the middle of the night. Emma Camp | 2.2.2024 1:43 PM Police Abuse HE WAS ARRESTED FOR MAKING A JOKE ON FACEBOOK. A JURY JUST AWARDED HIM $205,000 IN DAMAGES. The verdict vindicates the constitutional rights that Louisiana sheriff's deputies flagrantly violated when they hauled Waylon Bailey off to jail. Jacob Sullum | 2.1.2024 4:20 PM Free Press THE 5TH CIRCUIT SAYS CRIMINALIZING JOURNALISM IS NOT OBVIOUSLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL The appeals court dismissed a civil rights lawsuit by a Laredo gadfly who was arrested for asking questions. Jacob Sullum | 1.31.2024 12:01 AM Police Abuse 5 YEARS AFTER A DEADLY DRUG RAID, HOUSTON'S FORMER POLICE CHIEF MIGHT FINALLY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE Since leaving Houston, Art Acevedo has bounced from job to job, continuing a spotty career marred by scandal. Jacob Sullum | 1.25.2024 5:10 PM FBI APPEALS COURT: FBI'S SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX SEIZURES VIOLATED FOURTH AMENDMENT Cases like this are exactly why the Fourth Amendment was adopted in the first place, wrote federal Judge Milan D. Smith Jr. Eric Boehm | 1.23.2024 5:15 PM Surveillance MIAMI POLICE USED CLEARVIEW AI FACIAL RECOGNITION IN ARREST OF HOMELESS MAN Facial recognition technology is increasingly being deployed by police officers across the country, but the scope of its use has been hard to pin down. C.J. Ciaramella | 1.19.2024 2:37 PM Civil Asset Forfeiture A POLICE GROUP'S COMMENTS ON CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE SHOW EXACTLY WHY IT NEEDS REFORM "You've got to be able to demonstrate some level of legitimacy" the head of the National Sheriffs' Association says of carrying large amounts of cash. C.J. Ciaramella | 12.29.2023 2:09 PM Police Abuse WHO KILLED ELIJAH MCCLAIN? MIXED VERDICTS REFLECT A CASCADE OF ULTIMATELY FATAL MISTAKES. Juries convicted two paramedics and one police officer of criminally negligent homicide but acquitted two other cops. Jacob Sullum | 12.27.2023 6:15 PM Police Abuse TRUMP'S PROMISE TO 'INDEMNIFY' COPS 'AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY' IS ABSURD FOR 2 REASONS Police officers already are routinely indemnified, and suing them for abuse is much harder than Trump claims. Jacob Sullum | 12.22.2023 2:15 PM Congress CONGRESS RENEWS WARRANTLESS DIGITAL SPYING PROGRAM AS PART OF $886 BILLION SPENDING BILL Section 702 will continue until April, when Congress will have another shot at seriously reforming a program that desperately needs it. Eric Boehm | 12.14.2023 1:20 PM Government Waste TAXPAYER-SUBSIDIZED SEMINARS TRAIN COPS TO VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION A report from New Jersey's comptroller criticizes Street Cop Training for encouraging illegal traffic stops. Jacob Sullum | 12.8.2023 3:40 PM Fourth Amendment FBI SEIZED $86 MILLION FROM PEOPLE NOT SUSPECTED OF ANY CRIME. A FEDERAL COURT WILL DECIDE IF THAT'S LEGAL. On Thursday, a federal appeals court will hear about the FBI's "blatant scheme to circumvent" the Fourth Amendment. Eric Boehm | 12.6.2023 4:30 PM Law enforcement ALABAMA POLICE OFFICER ON LEAVE AFTER VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS HER TASING HANDCUFFED, COMPLIANT MAN The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation is now looking into the incident as well. C.J. Ciaramella | 12.6.2023 1:13 PM Criminal Justice WYOMING COP ASSAULTED A DISABLED 8-YEAR-OLD, THEN DELETED THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE, LAWSUIT CLAIMS A new lawsuit alleges that Deputy Benjamin Jacquot, a school resource officer, slammed an 8-year-old's face into a conference room floor, causing bruises and lacerations. Emma Camp | 12.4.2023 5:14 PM Police Abuse MISSISSIPPI SHERIFF INSISTS HE WAS OBLIVIOUS TO HIS DRUG WARRIORS' LONG PATTERN OF BRUTALITY Years before a federal case shined a light on the problem, Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey should have known something was amiss. Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2023 3:45 PM Police Abuse MARYLAND ROOMMATES FILE LAWSUIT AFTER POLICE SHOT THEIR DOG DURING ALLEGED ILLEGAL HOME SEARCH Officers barged into their house without a warrant, shot their dog, and mocked them, a federal civil rights lawsuit says. C.J. Ciaramella | 11.28.2023 2:05 PM Police Abuse COPS STORMED INTO A TERRIFIED SEATTLE WOMAN'S HOME. IT WAS THE WRONG ADDRESS. Elisabeth Rehn was about to take a bath when police officers kicked down her door, flooded into her apartment, and pointed their guns at her. Emma Camp | 11.14.2023 5:15 PM Children NEW JERSEY SECRETLY STORES YOUR NEWBORN'S BLOOD FOR DECADES According to a new lawsuit, New Jersey has handed over leftover blood from newborn genetic testing to law enforcement and sold it to third parties. Emma Camp | 11.8.2023 2:55 PM Surveillance LAWMAKERS TRY TO INSERT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS INTO THE FEDS' SNOOPING POWERS The bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act would stop a lot of warrantless surveillance as a condition for renewal of Section 702 authorities. Scott Shackford | 11.7.2023 1:20 PM Police Abuse ILLINOIS FAMILY FILES LAWSUIT AFTER POLICE EXECUTE WRONG-DOOR RAID AND ALLEGEDLY DETAIN THEM FOR 6 HOURS "I asked them to show me a warrant; they didn't show me nothing," a grandmother said. C.J. Ciaramella | 11.3.2023 2:19 PM Supreme Court LOUISIANA MOTHER OF AUTISTIC CHILD HIT BY TEACHER FILES SUPREME COURT PETITION School officials in three states are effectively immune from lawsuits over excessive corporal punishment. A Louisiana mother is asking the Supreme Court to step in. C.J. Ciaramella | 10.27.2023 2:04 PM Surveillance SHOULD GOVERNMENTS NEED A WARRANT TO SPY ON YOU WITH A DRONE? The Michigan Supreme Court will hear opening arguments today in a case that could decide whether the practice is allowed. Joe Lancaster | 10.18.2023 8:00 AM War on Drugs MINNESOTA'S TOP COURT REBUKES COPS WHO SEARCHED A CAR AFTER CLAIMING TO SMELL POT THAT WASN'T THERE In light of the state's marijuana reforms, the court says, the odor of weed is not enough to establish probable cause. Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2023 2:40 PM Civil Asset Forfeiture SEX CRIME VICTIM DENIED $69,000 SETTLEMENT BECAUSE COPS SEIZED HER ABUSER'S CASH THROUGH CIVIL FORFEITURE The outrageous case has led to calls from Congress to pass legislation curbing civil asset forfeiture. C.J. Ciaramella | 10.6.2023 1:40 PM Police WEED IS LEGAL IN ILLINOIS. POLICE SEARCHED HIS CAR ANYWAY. An officer conducted the search of Prentiss Jackson's vehicle after claiming he could smell "a little bit of weed." It ultimately resulted in a lengthy prison term. Gabriel Ogunjobi | 10.4.2023 5:25 PM Qualified Immunity ALABAMA COPS WHO ARRESTED MECHANIC FOR NOT GIVING THEM HIS ID DENIED QUALIFIED IMMUNITY "The police are free to ask questions, and the public is free to ignore them," wrote a federal judge. Emma Camp | 10.2.2023 4:10 PM More * About * Browse Topics * Events * Staff * Jobs * Donate * Advertise * Subscribe * Contact * Media * Shop * Amazon Reason Facebook@reason on XReason InstagramReason TikTokReason YoutubeApple PodcastsReason on FlipboardReason RSS © 2024 Reason Foundation | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Notifications