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Pre-Crime Policing
Allegedly “disgruntled” man has his guns seized, and “voluntarily” surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn’t been committed
Radley Balko
March 16, 2010
The Other Broken Windows Fallacy
The NYPD is accused of under-reporting serious crimes while manufacturing petty ones.
Radley Balko
March 8, 2010
4.5 SWAT Raids Per Day
Maryland's SWAT transparency bill produces its first disturbing results
Radley Balko
March 1, 2010
Flashbangs Under Fire
It's time to stop using stun grenades during drug raids.
Radley Balko
February 17, 2010
That Other War
Reagan-era drug war rhetoric is still with us, and so is the accompanying collateral damage.
Radley Balko
January 11, 2010
People at Michael Phelps Party Arrested
Adrian Moore
February 10, 2009, 12:00am
The Drug War's Collateral Damage
Drug prohibition militarizes our police, enriches our enemies, undermines our laws, and condemns our sick to suffering.
Radley Balko
January 23, 2009
Death by SWAT Raid
Collateral raid damage
Radley Balko
December 5, 2008
Protecting Your Daughter in Your Own Home Gets You Life In Prison
Reason.tv's Drew Carey tells the story of "two of the countless casualties of the war on drugs"
May 8, 2008
Our Militarized Police Departments
Testimony to House Subcommittee on Crime
Radley Balko
July 2, 2007