Police: We’re the Experts — Don’t You Dare Criticize Us
March 28, 2018 – Ryan McMaken …… Defenders of police incompetence are falling back on the claim that they are above criticism because they are the “experts.”
Law, Justice, Police
The FBI Admits it Could’ve Prevented the Florida High School Shooting
March 20, 2018 – Carey Wedler …… Public safety appears to be a low priority for the FBI.
We Need Bastiat’s “The Law” More than Ever
March 7, 2018 – Frank Hollenbeck …… The law, as currently defined, is corrupt. As Frédéric Bastiat told us, “It is not true that the function of law is to regulate our consciences, our ideas, our wills, our education, our opinions, our work, our trade, our talents, or our pleasures. The function of law is to protect the free exercise of these rights, and to prevent any person from interfering with the free exercise of these same rights by any other person.”
Jesus was Born in a Police State
December 20, 2017 – John Whitehead …… Whether Jesus had been born in our modern age or his own, he still would have died at the hands of a police state.
Tear Gas, Guns and Riot Squads: The Police State’s Answer to Free Speech Is Brute Force
November 25, 2017 – John Whitehead …… Forget everything you’ve ever been taught about free speech in America. It’s all a lie. There can be no free speech for the citizenry when the government speaks in a language of force.
Twilight of the Courts: The elusive search for justice in the American Police State
September 17, 2017 – John Whitehead …… We are dealing with a nationwide epidemic of court-sanctioned police violence carried out against individuals posing little or no real threat, who are nevertheless subjected to such excessive police force as to end up maimed or killed.
Why police cannot (and Will Not) protect our rights
September 12, 2017 – William Anderson …… Very little of what governments do today have anything to do with protecting citizens. Most problems regarding police brutality are not the result of a lack of “training,” but rather are the result of the police officer representing a government body that is demanding submission. This is not something that “more training” will cure.
How policing works in a privatized city
September 1, 2017 – Jeffrey Tucker …… Private enterprise is gradually bringing about what governments only promised to do, and it is happening without much fanfare. Private property and inclusive commerce: it’s the magic sauce that makes life beautiful.
Why police prefer drug raids over investigating violent crimes
August 27, 2017 – Ryan McMaken …… The first step to forcing police to prioritize real crime over non-violent non-crime is to simply repeal laws that police use to justify ignoring real crime while focusing on drug crimes and other non-violent offenses.
London taxpayers pay the salaries of police officers, who are well paid! Why do taxpayers also have to pay for the mistakes of police officers?
August 16, 2017 – Lee Friday …… If I am held accountable for my mistakes, I have an incentive to avoid mistakes. But if other people are forced to pay for my mistakes, my incentive disappears and I make more mistakes. This is a concept a ten-year-old can understand.