Top Hackernews posts from reason.com

Connecticut parents arrested for letting kids walk to Dunkin' Donuts (reason.com)

819 points by jseliger over 1 year ago | 800 comments
Mom handcuffed, jailed for 8-year-old son walking half a mile (reason.com)

759 points by leephillips almost 2 years ago | 726 comments
LAPD Officer Killed During Training Exercise Was Investigating Cops About Rape (reason.com)

712 points by lend000 almost 2 years ago | 359 comments
Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to quit academic society (reason.com)

600 points by mpweiher almost 2 years ago | 827 comments
A police dog who cried drugs at every traffic stop (reason.com)

539 points by pessimizer over 3 years ago | 411 comments
Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checkers admit they were wrong (reason.com)

494 points by nradov over 2 years ago | 682 comments
FBI is hiding details about a raid on Americans’ safe deposit boxes (reason.com)

476 points by theflyingelvis about 2 years ago | 384 comments
I stopped to watch kids playing at recess – security was called (reason.com)

454 points by fortran77 over 2 years ago | 802 comments
Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case (reason.com)

436 points by olalonde about 2 years ago | 435 comments
Iowa man files lawsuit after being arrested twice for criticizing the police (reason.com)

422 points by fortran77 11 months ago | 245 comments
Town Seized Building, Offered to Return It If Owners Bought Two Cars for Police (reason.com)

419 points by leephillips over 2 years ago | 381 comments
Appeals Court: FBI's Safe-Deposit Box Seizures Violated Fourth Amendment (reason.com)

410 points by walterbell 8 months ago | 180 comments
FBI Didn't Knock Down a Suspect's Door Because 'It Was an Affluent Neighborhood' (reason.com)

317 points by fortran77 over 2 years ago | 367 comments
Bad government policy is fueling the infant formula shortage (reason.com)

289 points by mhb over 2 years ago | 360 comments
U.K.'s online censorship bill causes more harm than it attempts to prevent (reason.com)

276 points by mhb about 2 years ago | 271 comments
Fired App Reviewer Sues Apple (reason.com)

265 points by ksec over 3 years ago | 206 comments
The FBI seized safe deposit boxes knowing ‘some’ belonged to ‘honest citizens’ (reason.com)

258 points by hirundo over 3 years ago | 200 comments
Where does ChatGPT fall on the political compass? (reason.com)

243 points by BryanBeshore over 1 year ago | 424 comments
Judge acquits Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey on most counts (reason.com)

228 points by perihelions 5 months ago | 197 comments
Police Seized Innocent Peoples Property, Kept It for Years. What Will SCOTUS Do? (reason.com)

219 points by wahnfrieden about 1 year ago | 165 comments
23% of bachelor's degrees and 43% of master's degrees have a negative ROI (reason.com)

193 points by delichon 4 months ago | 346 comments
Hair sample that put a man in prison turned out to be dog hair (reason.com)

184 points by rossant 8 months ago | 45 comments
“Silicon Valley’s Safe Space” has misinformed readers (reason.com)

180 points by Bostonian over 3 years ago | 217 comments
Hospitals are reporting new mothers for neglect from poppyseed false positives (reason.com)

180 points by fortran77 over 1 year ago | 140 comments
After 20 Years of Failure, Kill the TSA (reason.com)

174 points by dandotway almost 3 years ago | 59 comments
When Encryption Was a Crime: The 1990s Battle for Free Speech in Software (reason.com)

165 points by Overton-Window about 3 years ago | 26 comments
College that fired prof for showing image of Muhammad could lose accreditation (reason.com)

161 points by cscurmudgeon over 1 year ago | 97 comments
Police seized $10k from him. a court ruled he had no right to an attorney (reason.com)

150 points by fortran77 over 2 years ago | 58 comments
Calif. Law to Protect Children's Privacy Could Lead to Invasive Age Verification (reason.com)

143 points by pseudolus almost 2 years ago | 100 comments
The U.S. government's long and shameful history of intercepting people's letters (reason.com)

141 points by fortran77 about 3 years ago | 51 comments
The Pirate Preservationists (reason.com)

141 points by fortran77 about 1 year ago | 24 comments
The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017) (reason.com)

124 points by Tomte over 1 year ago | 39 comments
'No AI Fraud Act' Could Outlaw Parodies, Political Cartoons, and More (reason.com)

120 points by elsewhen 8 months ago | 140 comments
Glenn Greenwald: ‘Journalists Are Authoritarians’ (reason.com)

119 points by amadeuspagel over 3 years ago | 96 comments
FBI Seized $900K from Safe Deposit Box on 'Pure Conjecture,' Federal Judge Says (reason.com)

119 points by starkd about 3 years ago | 44 comments
Court blocks NY law mandating “hateful conduct” policies by social media (reason.com)

104 points by hirundo over 1 year ago | 75 comments
Medical Student banished from UVA campus for questioning Microaggressions (reason.com)

99 points by dnag over 3 years ago | 76 comments
SCOTUS Says Domestic Spying Is Too Secret to Be Challenged in Court (reason.com)

97 points by clcaev over 1 year ago | 44 comments
Court Case Could Make It a Crime to Be a Journalist in Texas (reason.com)

96 points by db48x almost 2 years ago | 68 comments
AI regulations are crony capitalism (reason.com)

96 points by WaitWaitWha 4 months ago | 64 comments
Government seizes/sells home of 93-year-old over $3200 tax bill; keeps proceeds (reason.com)

85 points by fortran77 over 2 years ago | 11 comments
'First Amendment Auditor' Sues NYPD over Right to Record in Police Stations (reason.com)

85 points by jawns about 1 year ago | 155 comments
NYU Chemistry Professor Fired After Students Said His Class Was Too Hard (reason.com)

80 points by siva7 almost 2 years ago | 153 comments
NYC Scrapping Gifted and Talented Program Is a Triumph of Redefining Language (reason.com)

79 points by Bostonian almost 3 years ago | 31 comments
Feds arrest telehealth execs for overprescribing Adderall (reason.com)

77 points by fortran77 3 months ago | 123 comments
DEA Still Insists Marijuana Has No ‘Accepted Medical Use' (reason.com)

75 points by DocFeind almost 3 years ago | 91 comments
The timing of computer search warrants when it takes years to guess the password (reason.com)

75 points by loteck over 1 year ago | 70 comments
E.U. Censorship Laws Mostly Suppress Legal Speech (reason.com)

75 points by Bostonian 4 months ago | 44 comments
California Sheriff Free to Rob Armored Cars Money of Legal Marijuana Businesses (reason.com)

74 points by DocFeind over 2 years ago | 46 comments
Charter boat captains don't have to share location with government, court rules (reason.com)

72 points by mhb over 1 year ago | 76 comments
You might not want to use your fingertip to unlock your phone (reason.com)

72 points by BXLE_1-1-BitIs1 5 months ago | 76 comments
In Gavin Newsom's California, Covid Rules Are for Those Without Political Power (reason.com)

70 points by miles almost 3 years ago | 8 comments
Why Is Panera Exempted from California's New Minimum Wage Law? (reason.com)

67 points by everybodyknows 7 months ago | 70 comments
PayPal Still fining $2500 for Promoting anything “Discriminatory”, “Intolerance” (reason.com)

66 points by that almost 2 years ago | 106 comments
July 4th injunction bars feds from encouraging social media to delete content (reason.com)

66 points by hirundo about 1 year ago | 30 comments
Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers (reason.com)

65 points by mikhael about 2 years ago | 38 comments
ChatGPT-Authored Legal Filing “Replete with Citations to Non-Existent Cases" (reason.com)

62 points by dpifke over 1 year ago | 71 comments
In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Gifted at Math (reason.com)

61 points by mhb over 3 years ago | 50 comments
'No Reasonable Officer' Would Have Arrested a Guy for a Covid-19 Joke (reason.com)

60 points by agensaequivocum about 1 year ago | 19 comments
In 2022, the IRS Went After the Poorest Taxpayers (reason.com)

60 points by radicaldreamer over 1 year ago | 24 comments
Cops Get Qualified Immunity After Jailing Florida Man for 'I Eat Ass' Sticker (reason.com)

56 points by throw0101a almost 3 years ago | 34 comments
Paper Straws Have Higher 'Forever Chemical' Concentration Than Plastic Straws (reason.com)

54 points by walterbell about 1 year ago | 28 comments
Reopening Texas Had No Discernible Impact on Covid-19 Cases or Deaths (reason.com)

53 points by Meekro over 3 years ago | 25 comments
He Was Arrested for Criticizing the Cops. A Federal Court Says He Can Sue (reason.com)

52 points by fortran77 over 2 years ago | 2 comments
Federal Zoning Bill Would Preempt Local Parking Mandates (reason.com)

51 points by jseliger over 1 year ago | 91 comments