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12 Feb 2014, 4:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
See Radley Balko for more.The episode may portend changes both in public perceptions about personal use levels of marijuana as well as unjustified deployment of no-knock raids. [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [Robert Kolker, New York mag] Why grants to local police departments are among the federal government’s most pernicious spending [Radley Balko, whose new Washington Post blog/column is thriving] How bad did you think Florida prosecutor Angela Corey was? [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 1:56 pm
Radley Balko, our new Washington Post colleague, has an important piece on “Drugs vs. the Drug War“. [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 2:50 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Radley Balko and the blog Unfair Park have good posts up criticizing the new Dallas Police Department policy giving cops 72 hours to get their stories straight after shooting incidents. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 2:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The topic of police union attacks on Dallas Police Chief David Brown was on Grits' to-do list to write about tomorrow morning but Radley Balko beat me to the punch at his new blog at the Washington Post (congrats on that, btw). [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [Nicole Hyland, LEF; New York Times; Radley Balko, whose column at the Washington Post has now launched] “Three Arrests Illustrate the Impact of New York’s Silly Seven-Round Ammunition Limit” [Jacob Sullum] Forfeiture reform on the agenda in Michigan? [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 4:13 pm
Via Radley Balko, these pieces never get old:Some 250,000 tons of Nutella are now sold across 75 countries around the world every year, according to the OECD. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 4:13 pm
Via Radley Balko, these pieces never get old:Some 250,000 tons of Nutella are now sold across 75 countries around the world every year, according to the OECD. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Popehat] “Sobriety Checkpoints Paved Path to NSA Email Spying” [Wired] FATCA, the intrusive overseas tax enforcement law, isn’t couched in public controversy as a federal data-snooping issue, but it should be [Radley Balko, McClatchy] Tweet Tags: Apple, cellphones, Facebook, Federalist Society, Google, illegal drugs, Microsoft, surveillance, TwitterSurveillance roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Scott Greenfield on new Dallas policy] And on the brighter side: Radley Balko, the nation’s premier reporter on police and prosecutorial abuse and someone regularly linked in this space, is joining the Washington Post. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [Alex Stein] “FDA Proposal To Curb Painkiller Overdose Deaths Would Add Burdens For Pain Patients” [Radley Balko] Georgia DUI expert in hot water [PennLive] “Deconstructing the mechanical engineer” [Manhattan; Eric Turkewitz] “FDA Suspension of Ponatinib: Serious Problem, Wrong Solution” [Richard Epstein, leukemia drug] “Missouri Lawmakers Override Veto to Enact Good Samaritan Law” [Michael Cannon, Cato] Tweet Tags:… [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 8:21 pm by Walter Olson
Why license plate scanning is an up-and-coming front in the surveillance wars [Radley Balko] Prosecutor whose lapse sent innocent man to prison for 25 years will go to jail — for ten days [Adler, Shackford] “Nurse fights charges she helped father commit suicide” [Phil. [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 8:15 pm by Walter Olson
Louis Post-Dispatch via Radley Balko] More of the week’s awful-police-happenings coverage: Atlantic City beating and canine attack [Tim Lynch, Cato]; Ames, Ia. police shoot and kill son after dad calls to report he’s taken truck without permission [Des Moines Register]; “Man Dies In Jail Cell After Misdemeanor Pot Offense” [Snohomish County, Wash., severe allergies; Radley Balko again]; New Mexico man’s lawsuit alleges “worst… [read post]
14 Oct 2013, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Politico, Marler-backed Food Safety News] “Some unanswered questions about private prison quotas” [Paul Gowder, Concurring Opinions] “Smoke A Joint, Lose Your Kids” [Radley Balko] Senate “Stand Your Ground” hearing postponed [earlier]; “From Streaking to Possible Sex Offender to Tragedy” [Free-Range Kids, Reason; related on sex offender registries, Jacob Sullum, ABA Journal] Also related: New app for anonymous… [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 4:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The sheriff's office is touting it as a tool that will help them better serve warrants.Which leads Grits to offer two predictions: Either 1) the vehicle will never be used outside parades because it's ill-suited for police use, probably gets around 3 mpg, and nobody will have the parts nor experience to perform routine maintenance, or 2) within the first dozen times the vehicle is used to serve warrants, DCSO will roll up on the wrong house.For all that many in law enforcement dislike… [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 7:46 am by Walter Olson
[CBS New York (auto-plays video ad), Shackford] Radley Balko, on Twitter: “Reporter astonished that New Yorkers invite people into their homes for dinner without notifying the local politburo. [read post]
2 Sep 2013, 9:11 am by Walter Olson
[Radley Balko] Tweet Tags: expert witnesses, police, prosecutionAppalling: “New Study Finds That State Crime Labs Are Paid Per Conviction” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 10:34 am
Radley Balko is the leading author on the militarization of our local police forces and wrote "Rise of the Warrior Cop", which I haven't read yet but need to. [read post]