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….
Demilitarizing the Police Gets a New House Push
A collection of congressional Democrats is pushing legislation that would end a controversial Pentagon program that allows the DoD to sell suplus military hardware to local police departments: The bill…
Criminalized Car Air Fresheners
A common, if simplistic, belief is that if you don’t break the law, you have nothing to fear from law enforcement. But what if there are so many laws, rules,…
Tackling Deeply Creepy and Highly Abusive ‘Predictive Policing’ in Florida
The movie Minority Report was a film set in a future where a special “PreCrime” unit of psychics helps law enforcement arrest people before they commit a crime. It was…
Virginia Takes Steps to Demilitarize Police
Virginia’s General Assembly has taken a step toward demilitarizing local police departments. The House and Senate have passed competing measures that would prevent local law enforcement from obtaining and deploying…
Chicago Mayor’s ‘Fort Lori’ Strains Police Resources
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Protestors may be able to hound and harass residents and politicians in a number of cities. But at least one city block in…
Gallup: Black Americans Want Police in Their Neighborhoods
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A Gallup survey of attitudes toward police finds 61 percent of Black respondents want law enforcement to spend the same amount of time…
Rand Paul Renews Push to Demilitarize Police
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) has been a long-time advocate of demilitarizing America’s law enforcement agencies. In a new op-ed for Reason Magazine,…
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 —…
Camden Ditched its Police Union — is it a Model for the Rest of the Country?
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Some advocates of police reform are pointing to the experience in Camden, New Jersey as a possible national model. But there’s more to…