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13 Nov 2014, 3:38 am
At the WaPost, Radley Balko provides a litany of failures of the prison system to meet its minimum duty of survival. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 5:21 am
I can feel the sting of Radley Balko smacking me hard for doing what he hates, being critical of the glitterati who support a worthy cause. [read post]
9 Nov 2014, 9:08 pm
” [Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, earlier] San Diego says it retains discretion over when to release cop camera footage [Radley Balko] How body cameras can vindicate cops [same] Elderly Wisconsin man “was never considered dangerous, [but] was known to be argumentative,” so send in the armored vehicle [Kevin Underhill, Lowering the Bar, related] “The [SWAT-raided] Tibetan monks were here on a peace mission, for Christ’s sake. [read post]
8 Nov 2014, 11:50 am
Radley Balko points out that while Congress has filled the U.S. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 10:46 pm
Elsewhere at the Post, Radley Balko relies on the EFF report to draw a host of conclusions. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
http://overlawyered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lost-in-Maryland-one.mp3 Also on Maryland governor’s race: it’s not every day a GOP challenger blames a Democratic incumbent for issuing too few pardons [Radley Balko; more on clemency] Harry Reid forces are latest to demagogue Stand Your Ground laws and role of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), but Glenn Kessler calls them on it with Four Pinocchios [Washington Post "Fact Checker"] Enough… [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 7:07 pm
” Thanks to Radley Balko for the link. [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 3:11 pm
(Here, for example, are Radley Balko, Damon Root, Tony Mauro, and Russell Berman, as well as skeptical posts from Kent Scheidegger and Bill Otis. [read post]
14 Oct 2014, 5:25 am
Some were mentioned in this article by Radley Balko almost three years ago, for example, along with others involving such diabolical activities as unlicensed poker games and stealing fish from a botanical garden. [read post]
7 Oct 2014, 5:35 am
Consider what happened to David Hooks, via Radley Balko: According to WMAZ TV 13, Laurens County sheriff’s deputies with the drug task force and special response team (SWAT team) conducted a no-knock search on Hooks’ home in East Dublin on the evening of the 24th. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 9:04 am
WaPo's Radley Balko: Seven years ago, then-California Gov. [read post]
5 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
Louis suburbs with now-familiar names agree to traffic-cam settlement [KMOV] Judge rules police entitled to SWAT raid of private home over satirical Twitter account “impersonating” Peoria mayor [Guardian, earlier] Plea bargaining and excessive prosecutorial power [The Economist via Alexander Cohen, Atlas Society] Radley Balko remembers policing expert and former San Jose police chief Joseph McNamara; “SEC ‘Gag Orders': Does Settling in Silence… [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 4:48 am
Radley Balko points out that Mississippi isn’t exactly at the cutting edge of concerning itself with the defendant’s constitutional rights. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 9:05 pm
“Shaneen Allen’s prosecutor might be having second thoughts” [Radley Balko, earlier] “If you get a parking ticket, you are guilty until you have proven yourself innocent …. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 4:17 am
Radley Balko writes about a bizarre pseudo-regulatory raid of barber shops by “SWAT-like” teams comprised of deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s administrative inspectors. [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 7:40 am
On that same topic, everyone who cares should be reading Rise of the Warrior Cop by Radley Balko, which talks about civil forfeiture, militarized police forces, the now-routine use of SWAT raids to serve warrants even for non-violent offenses, and so on. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 1:06 pm
On the topic of standing armies and heavily armed police forces, you should read Radley Balko's book Rise of the Warrior Cop, which makes startlingly clear that virtually every community in America now has at least one SWAT team (often with armored vehicles) and that you have almost no protection against them breaking down your door without warning, whether or not they have a warrant. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 9:05 pm
Spectacular investigative report from Radley Balko on fines, fees, and revenue-driven law enforcement in the towns north of St. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 12:36 pm
BEFORE 'RISE OF THE WARRIOR COP': All seven seasons of Radley Balko's award winning documentary for just $100. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 9:15 pm
Radley Balko: …critics allege that the “key-man” system that many Harris County judges use to pick grand jurors selects for law enforcement officials and their friends, family, and acquaintances. [read post]
