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Thin Blue Lies: How Pretextual Stops Undermine Police Legitimacy

by | Oct 30, 2016

Thin Blue Lies: How Pretextual Stops Undermine Police Legitimacy

by | Oct 30, 2016

Jonathan Blanks

Jonathan Blanks is a Research Associate in Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice and Managing Editor of PoliceMisconduct.net. His research is focused on law enforcement practices, overcriminalization, and civil liberties.

Blanks has appeared on various television, radio, and internet media including HuffPost Live and Voice of America. His work has been published in the Washington Post, The New Republic, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, Capital Playbook (New York), Vice, Reason, Libertarianism.org, Rare.us, and the Indianapolis Star, among others. In 2015, Blanks testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on police accountability.

Blanks is a graduate of Indiana University.

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