There is no exodus of police officers
Police unions said their members are getting fed up and leaving the force. Tired of the scrutiny, the low pay, the danger, and the final insult – the post-George Floyd…
About that whole “defund the police” thing….
The Senate recently approved a budget resolution calling for the worthies to set aside enough money to help local governments hire an additional 100,000 police nationwide. The vote was 95-3….
Civil asset forfeiture is a nasty habit law enforcement must break
Law enforcement officials have a nasty habit: using a process called civil asset forfeiture to seize, and keep, the money and property of individuals who are never charged with a…
Michigan court to decide on Grand Rapids police fingerprinting people without probable cause
The Michigan Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a Grand Rapids police fingerprinting initiative that civil liberties advocates say is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Mackinac Center…
Big Brother gets a job at the local HOA
Governments and their agents have long been big fans, and consumers, of surveillance technology. The more data they can get on people, the better, preferably without having to go to…
IRS wants to crack crypto wallets
On the heels of the federal government’s push to track cryptocurrency more closely, the IRS’s criminal division is seeking new tools that will enable it to defeat, or “crack,” crypto…
Put Qualified Immunity Reform at the top of the ‘to do’ List
The long-term political repercussions of the jury’s guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial are still unclear. But for the moment, there is some renewed effort to get a…
Unlikely Team Look To Hold Cops Accountable
Article from Reason by Damon Root. What do liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and libertarian-leaning 5th Circuit Judge Don Willett have in common? They both despise the modern SCOTUS…
Law Enforcement Abuse Of The Hate Crime Statute Exposed
Article from Reason by Robby Soave. Police officers in Crafton, Pennsylvania, arrested a 52-year-old black man, Robbie Sanderson, for shoplifting at a CVS in September of 2016. He called them…