San Francisco Voters Poised to Recall Progressive District Attorney as Crime Soars
Voters are turning on a district attorney who was elected on promises of soft-hearted criminal justice reform that residents now blame for their lawless streets. It’s the latest in a…
Washington State Police Say New Law Causing Drivers to Ignore Officers
The Washington State Patrol and multiple local agencies recorded significant increases in failure-to-yield incidents in which drivers refuse to pull over knowing officers are powerless to pursue them. According to…
Biden Takes Executive Action on Police Reform
The order comes on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Relatives of Floyd and Breonna Taylor, who was killed as a result of a no-knock warrant, attended the signing…
The Supreme Court’s supreme dodge
The Supreme Court has refused to revisit its doctrine of qualified immunity, under which government officials, including law enforcement, are protected from lawsuits for violating individual’s constitutional rights. As Radley…
Retired Chicago PD officer: Qualified immunity must be reformed
It’s one thing for criminal justice reformers to call for an end to qualified immunity. But it’s something else to hear a former Chicago cop issue the same call for…
Taking the fight against qualified immunity back to the Supreme Court
The Institute for Justice is taking the fight against qualified immunity back to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to take up two cases in which federal law enforcement officials…
Focus Law Enforcement on Violent Crime, not Social Work
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. “Defund the police” may have gotten traction in some quarters, but the thinking behind it – to completely do away with cops —…
