Quote by Radley Balko

“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression.”

— David Grann

“Most recently, in order to quell dissent, the progressives are implementing a chilling policy of national surveillance and selective prosecution—using the power of the…

— Dinesh D'Souza

“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression. Instead, citizens…

— David Grann

“Whereas the police and the courts had to be over-concerned with 'human rights' and the 'rights' of the criminals, perhaps it was time to…

— Ian C.P. Irvine

“And if you learn only one thing from the ensuing maybe let it be this: the police were not merely interested observers who occasionally…

— Sergio De La Pava

“the police are only doing what they were trained to do, and what they are constantly encouraged to do by the courts.”

— James Duane

“The evidence linking increased punishment with lower crime rates is very strong.”

— Steven D. Levitt

What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices.

— Bertrand Russell

“ Law is not as disinterested as our concepts of law pretend; law serves power; law in large measure is a recapitulation of the…

— William Sloane Coffin

“Life in a police state magnifies the small mercies that it leaves alone until they become disproportionate to their significance; at the same time…

— Patrick McGuinness

“At root, they fail to appreciate that the basic nature of the law and the police, since its earliest origins, is to be a…

— Alex Vitale

“In the years of the boom, people had picked up more reasons to fear the law than to trust it.”

— Evan Osnos