Radley Balko

All That Money, Too Few Terrorists

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, Radley Balko, Military, Homeland Security, Marijuana, Terrorism, 9/11, Drug War, Community Policing, Fourth Amendment, S.W.a.T., Crime News
Norm Stamper

Police in a democracy belong to the people they serve. Yet one would be hard pressed to picture today's police departments even approximating the ideal of a "people's police."

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Cory Maye Chats With HuffPost Readers About His Release From Prison

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Radley Balko, Death Row, Live Chat, Mississippi, Drug War, Racism, Cory Maye, Death Penalty, Police Militarization, Race, Innocence, Swat Teams, Politics News

Cory Maye served 10 years in prison for killing a Mississippi police officer during a mistaken raid on his home. Maye, who had no prior criminal recor...

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Radley Balko

Ten Years In The Making: How Cory Maye Was Freed

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Radley Balko, Death Row, Mississippi, Drug War, Cory Maye, Death Penalty, Police Militarization, Ron Jones, Innocence, Swat Teams, Politics News

MONTICELLO, Miss. -- It's Friday, July 1, 2011, a little past 8:15 a.m. when I arrive at the Lawrence County, Mississippi, courthouse. As I walk towar...

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Cory Maye Freed, Reunited With Family: How You Can Help

Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Radley Balko, Mississippi, Charity, Cory May Justice Fund, Maye, Corey Maye, Cory Maye, Good News, Impact News

Cory Maye of Mississippi was charged with capital murder after shooting a cop in his home in 2001. They mistook him for a drug dealer, and he mistook ...

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Jason Linkins

Joe Arpaio And Steven Seagal Will Crush Your Cockfighting Ring With Tanks And Robots

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality Television, Eat the Press, Hysteria, Cockfighting, Joe Arpaio, Steven Seagal, Steven-Seagal-Lawman, Radley-Balko, Politics News

What is America to do about the epidemic of cockfighting that might be undermining our liberties at home, maybe? Well, if you're wondering, Arizo...

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SWAT and the Drug War: License to Kill

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Swat, Civil Liberties, Radley Balko, Seattle, Cato Institute, Homeland Security, Richard Nixon, San Diego, Jonathan Whitworth, Paramilitary, Police Chief Daryl Gates, Columbia Missouri, Lapd, War on Drugs, Barack Obama, Politics News
Norm Stamper

As long as this country remains addicted to current drug laws, the police will have to enforce those laws. But where is it written that they must show up in the dead of night, armed and armored, in order to do so?

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