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  • War on Drugs
    Media Name: chapter-3-33.jpeg According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, police make about 1.6 million drug arrests each year.100 Some say legalizing or decriminalizing drugs like marijuana could improve police-citizen relations by reducing the …
  • April 8, 2015
    Blog
    The Walter Scott Case
    Yesterday, South Carolina’s Post and Courier released the video of a North Charleston police officer fatally shooting a fleeing man, Walter Scott, in the back. After the mayor’s press conference late yesterday afternoon, the State Law Enforcement Division …
    By Jonathan Blanks
  • March 26, 2013
    Blog
    Jardines: The Supreme Court Retreats to the Home
    The Supreme Court ruled today in Florida v. Jardines that “use of trained police dogs to investigate the home and its immediate surroundings is a ‘search’ within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.” It’s the right result. The Court …
    By Jim Harper
  • May 19, 2009
    Blog
    Cops Gone Wild
    Terrific editorial over at the Washington Times. Excerpt: The bad behavior of these police officers exposes a double standard. As one Nationals fan, who is a lawyer, told us: “There’s no way those cops could pass a street sobriety …
    By Tim Lynch
  • January 7, 2009
    Blog
    Another Setback for Mayor Fenty
    Just before the holidays, DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty tried to give his police chief sweeping subpoena powers, but the DC Council just thwarted that gambit. This comes shortly after the Supreme Court declared DC’s gun restrictions unconstitutional. Mayor …
    By Tim Lynch
  • July 22, 2020
    Blog
    Federal Cops Without Badges, Coming Soon To a City Near You?
    The federal Department of Homeland Security has sent Border Patrol agents to act as police in Portland, Oregon in recent days. By what authority? And have its agents behaved there in a way consistent with the law, the Constitution, and …
    By Walter Olson
  • July 5, 2019
    Forbes.com
    The Ever-Solid Hong Kong Dollar
    This week, turmoil gripped a usually dynamic, but well‐​ordered and calm, Hong Kong. Police stood by as young protestors stormed and sacked Hong Kong’s parliament building. Contrary to dire predictions by currency speculators, one thing that remained rock …
    By Steve H. Hanke
  • 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.70 In most jurisdictions police departments may keep the property they seize or the proceeds from …
  • March 29, 2016
    Cato Daily Podcast
    Law Enforcement Cheers the Return of Equitable Sharing
    Law Enforcement Cheers the Return of Equitable Sharing
    The Department of Justice last year suspended its practice of providing kickbacks to local police engaged in civil asset forfeiture. Now it’s back. Darpana Sheth of the Institute for Justice and Cato’s Adam Bates comment.
    Featuring Darpana Sheth, Adam Bates, and Caleb O. Brown
  • December 7, 2015
    Blog
    Where Do K-1 Visa Holders Come From?
    Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were killed last week in a gun battle with police after they committed a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Malik entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa, known as the fiancé visa …
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • October 18, 2012
    Blog
    Cops on Camera Update
    … clear. Citizens recording police encounters can reveal truths the police might prefer to hide. Evan Banks and I made a short video detailing the incident (among others) and the importance of protecting the right of bystanders to record the police.
    By Caleb O. Brown
  • March 26, 2012
    Legal Briefs
    Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
    Administrative agencies are accorded huge deference — too much deference — by the courts. Acting as police, prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner, agencies increasingly act as a law unto themselves and do a majority of the federal government’s work. Through this …
    By Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus
  • June 8, 2011
    Blog
    Operator Disconnect
    My latest op‐​ed, now available at Politico, highlights the continued militarization of American police forces. I focus on the statements of officers involved in the fatal shooting of Marine combat veteran Jose Guerena. After the SWAT team entered Guerena …
    By David Rittgers
  • May 18, 2010
    Daily Caller
    The Realities Behind the Immigration Debate
    Arizona’s new immigration policy, which requires aliens to carry immigration papers and directs the police to detain “suspected aliens,” has re‐​ignited debates over how to reduce illegal immigration. Most of this debate involves wishful thinking: the claim that …
    By Jeffrey Miron
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