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Law and Civil Liberties > Police Tactics and Misconduct


Books and Book Chapters

Mugged by the State, by Randall Fitzgerald (2003).

Cato Studies

"Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," by Radley Balko, White Paper , July 17, 2006

"Deployed in the U.S.A.: The Creeping Militarization of the Home Front," by Gene Healy, Policy Analysis no. 503, December 17, 2003

Articles and Newsletters

"An Institutional Explanation for Corruption of Criminal Justice Officials," Bruce L. Benson, Cato Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring/Summer 1998.

Opinion and Commentary

"Wrong Door," by Radley Balko and Joel Berger, The Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2006

"Drug War Police Tactics Endanger Innocent Citizens," by Radley Balko, Foxnews.com, July 21, 2006

"Supreme Court Ruling on Police Raids Endangers Citizens," by Radley Balko, Foxnews.com, June 21, 2006

"Buffalo's Stampede Against Privacy," by Radley Balko, Reason (Online), June 21, 2006

"Raiding Reality," by Radley Balko, National Review (Online), May 31, 2006

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Events

"Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine?," September 11, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," September 12, 2006 [Policy Forum]




Multimedia

Daily Podcast "What's Wrong With No-Knock Raids" featuring Radley Balko, September 15, 2008 [Flash Audio, 15:04]

Daily Podcast "SWAT Team Abuse in Berwyn Heights" featuring Cheye Calvo, September 12, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:42]

Daily Podcast "Free Riding" featuring Timothy Lynch, December 24, 2007 [Flash Audio, 08:21]

Daily Podcast "The Cory Maye Case" featuring Radley Balko, October 2, 2006 [Flash Audio, 09:11]

Daily Podcast "SWAT-ted Like Flies" featuring Radley Balko, July 17, 2006 [Flash Audio, 10:37]

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