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June 15, 2020
Testimony

Statement for the Record, Hearing on “Police Use of Force and Community Relations”
… public perception of accountability is absolutely essential to police effectiveness.21 Yet in the wake of so many high‐profile police shootings, public confidence in law enforcement has been plummeting. Indeed, by 2015, Gallup reported that public trust in police …
By Jay Schweikert
January 4, 2017
Legal Briefs

Buehler v. Austin Police Department
… arrest, along with two earlier arrests, were in retaliation for his video recording—a First Amendment‐protected activity. The Austin Police Department moved for summary judgment on this lawsuit, claiming that the police should not be liable even if Buehler …
By Ilya Shapiro, Devin Watkins, and Mickey H. Osterreicher
April 20, 2015
Testimony

Testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Briefing on Police Practices and Use of Force
… The National Police Misconduct Reporting Project is an effort by the Cato Institute to gather reports of credible allegations of police misconduct so policymakers (and others) can make informed assessments of the nature and circumstances of police misconduct. At PoliceMis …
By Jonathan Blanks
October 6, 2009
Legal Briefs

Indiana State Police Pension Trust v. Chrysler LLC
By Ilya Shapiro
May 6, 2025
Legal Briefs

Paz v. Hayden
Plaintiff-Appellant Richard Allen Paz was at home when armed police officers broke into his backyard and ordered him outside at gunpoint. They had an arrest warrant for a fugitive, whom Mr. Paz denied knowing. Officers lacked a search warrant …
By Clark Neily, Matthew Cavedon, Mike Fox, & Laura Bondank
November 20, 2024
Legal Briefs

Barnes v. Felix
… the use of deadly force, including poor tactical decisions made by officers and the nature of the offense at issue.Police officers are trained to presume the worst in even the most mundane encounters and react accordingly. When officers make …
By Matthew Cavedon and Mike Fox
November 4, 2024
Legal Briefs

Ambler v. Nissen
… sheriff’s deputy tried to pull him over for failing to dim his lights. Ambler failed to stop and led police on a 20-minute, high-speed chase, which ended when he crashed into some trees. Police tased Ambler as …
By Clark Neily and Matthew Cavedon
January 19, 2023
Legal Briefs

Salazar v. Molina
In 2014, Juan Salazar was pulled over by Officer Juan Molina, at which point Salazar panicked and began driving away, leading police on a brief car chase. Salazar stopped his car when blocked by other police cars, exited his vehicle …
By Clark Neily and Jay Schweikert
October 3, 2022
Legal Briefs

Gonzalez v. Trevino
The brief describes how police exploit the authority and discretion they wield to chill speech with which they disagree and punish people for exercising their constitutional right to speak freely and criticize public officials.
By Laura Moraff, Savannah Kumar, Darpana Sheth, & Clark Neily
April 6, 2022
Legal Briefs

Vega v. Tekoh
The question before the Court in this case is when and whether a police officer can be liable under Section 1983 when they take an un-Mirandized statement from a suspect and cause that statement to be admitted against the suspect at trial.
By Brett Max Kaufman, Clark Neily, and Jay Schweikert
January 15, 2021
Legal Briefs

Timpa v. Dillard
The Cato Institute files an amicus brief arguing for legal accountability in the case of a man who was killed by police after calling them for assistance.
By Clark Neily, Jay Schweikert, and James Craven
November 15, 2024
Legal Briefs

Bailey v. Arkansas
Bailey’s petition is not ultimately about protecting property—it’s about protecting people.
By Clark Neily and Laura Bondank
July 16, 2021
Legal Briefs

Sorenson v. Massachusetts
Cato has filed an amicus brief in support of Sorenson’s petition, advising the Court to use this case to return to a property-based approach to the Fourth Amendment.
By Clark Neily and Spencer Davenport
January 15, 2021
Legal Briefs

Caniglia v. Strom
By Clark Neily, Ilya Shapiro, and Mallory Reader
December 18, 2019
Legal Briefs

Torres v. Madrid
By Clark Neily, Jay Schweikert, Anton Metlitsky, & Dimitri D. Portnoi