We have posted about police abuse before. As libertarians we in this blog view abuses of power by the police as a threat to liberty, and we tend to think that the growth of government leads to such abuses. To shed light on the extent of this threat, the Cato Institute has started a website with the mission of tracking and analyzing cases of police brutality in the US. From the "About" page on the site:
"No one disputes the idea that police misconduct is wrong, but reasonable people do disagree about the scope of the problem and how it ought to be addressed. The purpose of this project is to gather reports of credible allegations of police misconduct so policymakers (and others) can make informed assessments of the nature and circumstances of police misconduct, and consider proposals that can minimize wrongdoing."I am looking forward to the results of this analysis; if nothing else, because this data will provide a degree of clarity on how far down the road to tyranny we have come, and perhaps change the minds of some of those who believe that safety is a surrogate for freedom.
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