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  • December 23, 2021
    Legal Briefs
    Ramirez v. Guadarrama
    Ramirez v. Guadarrama
    In July 2017, Arlington, TX police officers Ebony Jefferson and Jeremias Guadarrama responded to a 911 call placed by a son worried about his father, Gabriel Eduardo Olivas, who was threatening to commit suicide by lighting himself on fire. When …
    By Clark Neily and Jay Schweikert
  • March 15, 2021
    Legal Briefs
    Ramirez v. Guadarrama
    Ramirez v. Guadarrama
    In July 2017, Arlington, TX police officers Ebony Jefferson and Jeremias Guadarrama responded to a 911 call placed by a son worried about his father, Gabriel Eduardo Olivas, who was threatening to commit suicide by lighting himself on fire. When …
    By Clark Neily and Jay Schweikert
  • December 14, 2020
    Legal Briefs
    Harmon v. City of Arlington
    In September 2018, a Texas police officer pulled over O’Shae Terry for an expired registration tag. After approaching Terry’s side of the vehicle, the officer smelled marijuana, and went back to her patrol car, leaving Terry and his …
    By Clark Neily, Jay Schweikert, and James Craven
  • April 27, 2018
    Blog
    In Seeking Good Body Camera Policy, Look to Lawmakers, Not Ethics Boards
    When it comes to increasing police accountability and transparency it’s policy, not technology, that does the heavy lifting. Police body cameras, tools that are overwhelmingly popular among the public, are sometimes cited as a valuable resource for addressing police …
    By Matthew Feeney
  • October 23, 2017
    The New York Times
    When It Comes to Surveillance, Watch the Watchmen
    The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners voted this month to allow the Police Department to use drones in a one‐​year pilot program. Whatever one thinks of this technology, the public debate about the issue and the vote by …
    By Matthew Feeney
  • November 24, 2015
    Blog
    Fullerton California to Pay $4.9m for Wrongful Death of Kelly Thomas
    In 2011, the Fullerton, California police violently beat Kelly Thomas, a 37‐​year‐​old mentally ill homeless man, who later died from his injuries. The arrest was recorded, and Thomas could be heard calling for his father as the officers …
    By Jonathan Blanks
  • February 27, 2014
    Blog
    Drug Warrior Stumbles During Marijuana Legalization Hearing
    From the Washington Post: Annapolis Police Chief Michael A. Pristoop thought he came prepared when he testified before a Maryland State Senate panel on Tuesday about the perils of legalizing marijuana. In researching his testimony against two bills before the …
    By Tim Lynch
  • April 3, 2012
    Blog
    $620,000 Jury Award for Dog Shooting
    … $620,000 award is a good outcome for the family, but all too often there is no accountability mechanism for police misconduct. Like the official response to the outrageous Cheye Calvo incident, the police insisted that they were just “doing …
    By Tim Lynch
  • February 18, 2011
    Blog
    Really Wrong Door Raid
    The DEA and San Francisco Police Department conducted a really wrong door raid: The SFPD and DEA found no piles of marijuana money at 243 Diamond St., one of six addresses raided simultaneously in San Francisco that morning. Instead, they …
    By David Rittgers
  • January 12, 2011
    Cato.org
    The Spineless American Library Association
    In April 2003, the security police of Fidel Castro arrested and imprisoned 75 journalists, members of opposition parties and owners of independent libraries. The charge: “crimes against national sovereignty.” The librarians had been making available to Cubans books that were …
    By Nat Hentoff
  • May 12, 2008
    Blog
    ‘Testilying’
    “Testilying” is a term that police officers use to describe false testimony they give in court so that an otherwise illegal search or arrest can be justified. It’s hard to tell how common the practice is, but it …
    By Tim Lynch
  • July 31, 2002
    Washington Times
    Misguided Mission for Military
    Soldiers are trained to kill; policemen, to use force as a last resort. Accordingly, there’s a deep‐​rooted American hostility to the idea of using the military for domestic law enforcement. But all that may be about to change …
    By Gene Healy
  • April 28, 2010
    Policy Forum
    Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture
    Under state and federal law, police departments can seize and keep property that is suspected of involvement in criminal activity. Unlike criminal asset forfeiture, however, with civil forfeiture, a property owner need not be found guilty of a crime—or …
  • December 20, 2024
    Legal Briefs
    Perez v. United States
    Perez v. United States
    When Gilbert Perez was arrested, the police took it upon themselves to conduct a thorough search of his backpack without a warrant. But by the time the search occurred, Mr. Perez was handcuffed and the backpack was secured away from …
    By Clark Neily and Laura Bondank
  • February 26, 2024
    Legal Briefs
    Bembury v. Kentucky
    Bembury v. Kentucky
    When William Bembury was arrested, the police took it upon themselves to conduct a thorough search of his backpack without a warrant. But by the time the search occurred, Mr. Bembury was handcuffed and the backpack was secured away from …
    By Clark Neily and Laura Bondank
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