Outside the Beltway

A superstar athlete’s treatment by police raises troubling questions.

Most departments have shockingly little screening of their officers.

Our car culture is killing us.

When belief is more important than facts

Assumptions of racial animus are overshadowing a story that’s outrageous enough on its own.

Not Mayberry. Not even close.

Officers are under enormous pressure–including from the Federal government–to write tickets.

Rogue cops, racial profiling, tainted cases, and the lack of consequences.

We need to rethink traffic stops.

Former Arizona Sheriff and Senate candidate Joe Arpaio is suing The New York Times for defamation. He doesn’t appear to have much of a case.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that a police officer violated the Fourth Amendment when he conducted a search on a vehicle parked in a Defendant’s driveway without a search warrant.

Good riddance.

A few days late, but a story worth noting if it has escaped notice.

In a 6-3 vote that defied traditional expectations, the Justices have limited the ability of police to detain people on the side of the road for long periods of time.

A new Justice Department report has found widespread racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department, but it’s a problem that goes far beyond one Missouri suburb.

Not surprisingly, the Federal investigation of the Michael Brown shooting is ending much like the state investigation did.

Regardless of the outcome of the Michael Brown investigation, there are legitimate problems that need to be addressed.

President Obama has once again weighed in on the Trayvon Martin case in a personal manner.

The man some of called America’s toughest Sheriff has been dealt a setback by a Federal Judge.