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  • March 7, 2017
    Blog
    Clarence Thomas Is Skeptical of Civil Asset Forfeiture
    Clarence Thomas Is Skeptical of Civil Asset Forfeiture
    … expanded constitutional scrutiny. The case is Lisa Olivia Leonard v. Texas. James Leonard (the petitioner’s son) was stopped by police for a traffic infraction in 2013 “along a known drug corridor.” Police searched Mr. Leonard’s vehicle and discovered …
    By Adam Bates
  • January 26, 2017
    The Federalist
    Poll Finds Americans Are Not as Divided on Policing as Headlines Suggest
    … white Americans all believe that police have very dangerous jobs—suggesting empathy for police officers and the risks they face. Police Should Fight Violent Crime, Not the Drug War Americans also agree on how police should prioritize their tasks: prioritize …
    By Emily Ekins
  • December 13, 2016
    Blog
    84% of Americans Oppose Civil Asset Forfeiture
    84% of Americans Oppose Civil Asset Forfeiture
    … is involved with criminal activity. The individual does not need to be charged with, or convicted of, any crime for police to seize assets.[1] In most jurisdictions police departments may keep the property they seize or the proceeds from …
    By Emily Ekins
  • October 3, 2016
    Blog
    Be Smart and Lawyer-up!
    … legal fees. As Duane notes, the key thing to remember is that there is a fundamental discrepancy between what the police say to us and what they say to their own children regarding police investigations. Here’s an excerpt from …
    By Tim Lynch
  • October 3, 2016
    Blog
    How Not to Think About Drone Policy
    … states have taken steps to address weaponized police drones. Virginia and Oregon both ban weaponized police drones. Florida law defines police drones as an aerial vehicle that “Can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.” North Dakota law allows police drones …
    By Matthew Feeney
  • September 20, 2016
    Blog
    Using Persistent Surveillance to Watch the Watchmen
    … asking “when” questions, not “if” questions, when discussing police using persistent aerial surveillance tools that capture highly detailed images. Baltimore police don’t seem concerned about the privacy worries associated with persistent surveillance. From Vice: For its part, the police …
    By Matthew Feeney
  • August 30, 2016
    Blog
    Venezuelan Regime Kidnaps Yon Goicoechea, Friedman Prize Winner
    Members of what was surely the Venezuelan regime’s secret police yesterday kidnapped opposition leader and 2008 Milton Friedman Prize winner Yon Goicoechea from his car after he left his home. Diosdado Cabello, the second most powerful person in the …
    By Ian Vásquez
  • July 19, 2016
    Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
    The War on Drugs Has Made Policing More Violent
    … at the University of Kansas shows that support for police declines when individuals and the people they know have negative police experiences, particularly through investigatory stops. This lack of confidence in the police can endanger communities. As Jill Leovy documented …
    By Jonathan Blanks
  • July 7, 2016
    Blog
    Alton Sterling Shooting Raises Questions
    … on administrative leave, and the Department of Justice has launched an investigation. The shooting raises a range of questions concerning police use‐​of‐​force, body cameras, and police procedure. According to an unnamed senior law enforcement official, Sterling presented a …
    By Matthew Feeney
  • June 21, 2016
    Blog
    Sotomayor’s Dissent
    Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided the case of Utah v. Strieff, which involved the power of the police to detain and search citizens, and what the courts should do when the police break the law in the course of their …
    By Tim Lynch
  • June 3, 2016
    Blog
    San Francisco Body Camera Plan Botches Officer Viewing Compromise
    Police in San Francisco will be wearing body worn cameras in the not too distant future. With the current plan in place there is still room for improvement when it comes to using BWCs as tools for increased law enforcement accountability.
    By Matthew Feeney
  • April 14, 2016
    New York Post
    Obama Just Gave Cops the OK to Simply Take Your Stuff
    Civil forfeiture allows police to seize private assets, often without any proof of wrongdoing, and often the agency doing the seizing gets to keep all or most of the proceeds.
    By Ilya Shapiro and Randal John Meyer
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