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https://reason.com/2025/12/01/brickbat-do-not-ask/
Brickbat: Do Not Ask
Nov 24, 2025 - People with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom are being given
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https://reason.com/2026/03/23/brickbat-motor-city-menace/
Brickbat: Motor City Menace
Mar 18, 2026 - An officer with the Detroit Police Department faces felony charges after prosecutors say he illegally sent himself explicit photos from a...
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https://reason.com/2014/04/25/brickbat-group-lessons/
Brickbat: Group Lessons
Apr 25, 2014 - In Florida, the St. Lucie County school board has fired teacher Dru Dehart. The board found that Dehart had gotten...
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https://reason.com/2026/02/25/brickbat-paid-to-go-away/
Brickbat: Paid To Go Away
Feb 24, 2026 - In nine years as a police officer in Kansas City, Missouri, Blayne Newton fatally shot three people and injured others,...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/03/brickbat-police-priorities/
Brickbat: Police Priorities
Mar 12, 2026 - In Australia, a Gold Coast couple suffered a home invasion in which masked thieves stole valuables and drove off with...
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https://reason.com/2019/01/23/brickbat-slave-labor-2/
Brickbat: Slave Labor
Jan 23, 2019 - Denismart / Dreamstime.com Ashim Mitra, a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, has resigned following complaints from graduate students...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/23/brickbat-hard-at-work/printer/
Brickbat: Hard at Work
Apr 21, 2026 - A federal judge sentenced former Baltimore City Schools Police Officer Lawrence Smith to one year and one day in jail....
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https://reason.com/2026/03/02/brickbat-going-dutch/
Brickbat: Going Dutch
Mar 12, 2026 - The Netherlands House of Representatives has approved a bill that would tax unrealized gains on stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrency. Under...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/24/brickbat-who-are-you/
Brickbat: Who Are You
Apr 22, 2026 - Just hours after it was unveiled, cybersecurity experts found serious flaws in the European Commission's new age-verification app for online...
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https://reason.com/2026/01/06/brickbat-off-the-grid/
Brickbat: Off the Grid
Jan 5, 2026 - In 2025, the United Kingdom paid a record cost of nearly £1.5 billion ($2 billion) to keep wind farms from...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/25/brickbat-triage/
Brickbat: Triage
Mar 24, 2026 - An investigation by the Connecticut inspector general found that Dyshan Best, who was shot in the back by police, had...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/11/brickbat-ill-be-watching-you-2/
Brickbat: I'll Be Watching You
Mar 10, 2026 - A Milwaukee police officer resigned after prosecutors charged him with attempted misconduct in public office for allegedly misusing police technology for...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/08/brickbat-cutting-care/
Brickbat: Cutting Care
Apr 8, 2026 - The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) plans to cut hospital waiting lists by making it harder to admit patients....
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https://reason.com/2025/12/17/brickbat-cutting-edge/
Brickbat: Cutting Edge
Dec 15, 2025 - A study by the Royal College of Surgeons of England found that almost half of National Health Service surgeons perform...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/07/brickbat-school-daze-4/
Brickbat: School Daze
Apr 6, 2026 - The Connecticut General Assembly Education Committee voted 26–20 to advance House Bill 5468, despite thousands of people speaking out against...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/14/brickbat-taking-pictures/
Brickbat: Taking Pictures
Apr 13, 2026 - Former Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Stephen Kamnik pleaded guilty to crimes including unlawful use of a computer and wiretapping. Investigators...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/19/brickbat-its-not-adding-up/
Brickbat: It's Not Adding Up
Mar 17, 2026 - Following a 152-percent spike in hate crimes, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) changed its system for reporting them....
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https://reason.com/2026/04/02/brickbat-cop-and-robber/
Brickbat: Cop and Robber
Apr 1, 2026 - Former New Haven, Connecticut, Police Chief Karl Jacobson is facing criminal charges for allegedly embezzling $85,500 from city funds, nearly...
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https://reason.com/2025/08/12/brickbat-catch-your-breath/
Brickbat: Catch Your Breath
Aug 11, 2025 - New British cars may soon be equipped with breathalyzers and data recorders under Labour government plans to align with European...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/04/brickbat-drunk-with-power/
Brickbat: Drunk With Power
Mar 3, 2026 - Asa Pearl, a former Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) trooper, had 41 DUI arrests dismissed in Bedford County. Of those cases—which...
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https://reason.com/2019/01/10/brickbat-greek-life/
Brickbat: Greek Life
Jan 10, 2019 - Vladans / Dreamstime.com The University of Virginia has suspended the Señoritas Latinas Unidas sorority for hazing. Officials agreed with a...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/03/brickbat-dangerous-hurry/
Brickbat: Dangerous Hurry
Apr 2, 2026 - Prosecutors have charged former Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Police Officer Deion Alexander with multiple traffic-related offenses,...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/13/brickbat-too-fast-for-conditions/
Brickbat: Too Fast for Conditions
Apr 8, 2026 - A jury sentenced former Missouri City, Texas, police officer Blademir Viveros to 15 years in prison for causing a deadly crash...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/16/brickbat-home-is-where-the-heart-is/
Brickbat: Home Is Where the Heart Is
Apr 14, 2026 - San Diego voters will decide in June whether to approve a tax on empty homes. The $8,000 tax would affect homes...
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https://reason.com/2018/12/10/brickbat-reading-too-much-into-this/
Brickbat: Reading Too Much Into This
Dec 10, 2018 - Joe Sohm / Dreamstime.com The state of Kansas is pulling hundreds of license plates containing the letters
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https://reason.com/2026/01/28/brickbat-dont-teach-your-children-well/
Brickbat: Don't Teach Your Children Well
Jan 27, 2026 - Officials at England's Henley College, a public school equivalent to junior and senior years in U.S. high schools, reported a...
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https://reason.com/2025/12/03/brickbat-sold-out/
Brickbat: Sold Out
Dec 1, 2025 - The British government plans to ban the resale of tickets for live events at prices above their original face value....
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https://reason.com/2026/03/30/brickbat-mail-money/
Brickbat: Mail Money
Mar 27, 2026 - Two former U.S. Postal Service clerks in Atlanta admitted in federal court to stealing from people's mail. Between May 2023...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/18/brickbat-other-peoples-money-2/
Brickbat: Other People's Money
Mar 17, 2026 - The city council in College Park, Georgia, is investigating after $3,000 in taxpayer money was used to help pay for...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/22/brickbat-lightening-the-mood/
Brickbat: Lightening the Mood
Apr 21, 2026 - Mike Forbess, a 911 dispatcher in Watauga, Texas, was formally reprimanded after making an inappropriate joke during an emergency call....
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https://reason.com/2026/03/24/brickbat-next-in-line/
Brickbat: Next in Line
Mar 23, 2026 - Connecticut lawmakers have proposed a bill that would limit grocery stores to no more that eight self-checkout lanes, require at least...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/06/brickbat-punitive-provisions/
Brickbat: Punitive Provisions
Mar 4, 2026 - Former Morgan County, Alabama, jail officer Jarvis Moore faces seven felony extortion charges tied to taking honey buns and other commissary...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/20/brickbat-no-right-to-know/
Brickbat: No Right To Know
Mar 18, 2026 - Police Scotland refused to release crime data requested by the Scottish Daily Express through a Freedom of Information request. The...
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https://reason.com/2017/03/03/brickbat-pokemon-go-away/
Brickbat: Pokemon Go Away
Mar 3, 2017 - Marcelahirkova / Dreamstime.com A new Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, ordinance will require the developers of Pokemon Go and other games to...
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https://reason.com/2026/02/24/brickbat-4/
Brickbat: Just Don't Look
Feb 23, 2026 - Georgia state Rep. Joseph Gullett (R–Dallas) has sponsored a bill that would limit police body camera and dashcam videos from...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/20/brickbat-insult-to-injury/
Brickbat: Insult to Injury
Apr 15, 2026 - A judge in England sentenced John Hamilton, a former Northumbria police detective constable, to 18 months in prison for sending...
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https://reason.com/2017/02/27/brickbat-ending-the-dispute/
Brickbat: Ending the Dispute
Feb 27, 2017 - Iaroslav Horbunov / Dreamstime.com A federal jury has awarded Jillian and Andrew Beck $1.6 million after the Becks sued the...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/16/brickbat-without-warning/
Brickbat: Without Warning
Mar 12, 2026 - City officials in Bakersfield, California, agreed to a record $22 million settlement after a police officer caused a deadly crash...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/27/brickbat-partners-in-crime/
Brickbat: Partners in Crime
Apr 25, 2026 - In California, former Rohnert Park police officers Joseph Huffaker and Brendan Tatum will be sentenced together in May after a...
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https://reason.com/2012/07/20/brickbat-fly-the-friendly-skies-3/
Brickbat: Fly the Friendly Skies
Jul 20, 2012 - A former Transportation Security Administration inspector has pleaded guilty to stealing iPads from six people traveling through Dallas/Fort Worth Airport....
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https://reason.com/2025/11/25/brickbat-queue-up/
Brickbat: Still Waiting
Nov 24, 2025 - Many Australians are waiting years to see public medical specialists. In some cases, the wait stretches more than six years...
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https://reason.com/2026/04/10/brickbat-a-man-on-the-inside/
Brickbat: A Man on the Inside
Apr 10, 2026 - A federal judge sentenced former Milwaukee police officer Juwon Madlock to five years in federal prison followed by three years...
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https://reason.com/2026/02/10/brickbat-out-in-the-cold-2/
Brickbat: Out in the Cold
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https://reason.com/2025/01/27/brickbat-fox-in-the-henhouse/
Brickbat: Fox in the Henhouse
Jan 21, 2025 - Gregory Rodriguez, a former guard at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, has been convicted of 64 counts of...
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