"I need a witness!" exclaimed the security screener at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Because I had forgotten to remove my belt before going through a scanner, he explained, I must undergo an "enhanced patdown." I told him that if he jammed his hand into...
Justice
Dad Confronts the Cop Who Killed His Unarmed Son, Secretly Records It
by Jack Burns | May 29, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
Kenosha, Wisconsin – A grieving father who has spent more than 13 years searching for answers in the case of his son’s tragic death, is now releasing the footage from a confrontation with the police officer who shot and killed him. Michael Bell Sr. told The Free...
TGIF: The Abused Jews of Iraq
by Sheldon Richman | May 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
From April 1950, nearly two years after the Zionists in Palestine unilaterally declared independence for the state of Israel, to March 1951, three bombs exploded among Jews in Baghdad, Iraq: one each outside a cafe on Abu Nawwas Street; at the US Information Centre, a...
Police set dog on a driver who politely refuses to answer questions
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | May 24, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
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How Junk Science Sends Innocent People to Jail
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | May 23, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
On TV crime shows like CSI, NCIS, and Law & Order, science gets the bad guys. In real life, "science" often ensnares the innocent. Former NYPD Detective Harry Houck gets annoyed when TV shows make forensic science look infallible. "You watch a detective get down...
How One Woman’s Fight to Save Her Family Helped Lead to a Mass Exoneration
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | May 23, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics
Clarissa Glenn’s troubles with the law began on Mother’s Day, 2004, when she was on her way to the Pancake House with her three sons—Ben, Jr., Gerard, and Deon. They left their apartment in the Ida B. Wells Homes, a housing project on the South Side of Chicago, to...
Man Shoots Intruder, Turns Out to Be Cop — Gets 13.5 Years
by John Vibes | May 22, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
Tyler Harrell was found guilty of a charge of aggravated assault today in a case that should concern anyone who cares about the right to self-defense. Back in 2016, Harrell grabbed his AK-47 after being awaken by a loud bang. With him and his mom believing his house...
St. Louis Town Agrees to Stop Bankrolling Itself by Fining Its Residents into the Poorhouse
by Scott Shackford | May 22, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics
A small St. Louis suburb has agreed to stop trying bankroll its government with a vicious regime of petty fines so excessive that the town has cited more than a third of its population. Credit goes to the Institute for Justice, which sued the tiny town of Pagedale...
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