Criminal Justice Journalist

Mike Riggs

1 article 2013

Mike Riggs is a journalist who has written on criminal justice, policing, and civil liberties for various publications. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2013, writing about law enforcement and the use of force.

Forces in Excess

September 23, 2013 · Magazine, Books and Arts

Late one night last October, a SWAT team from the police department in Billings, Montana, served a search warrant on what they thought was a home meth lab. Dressed in military gear and toting assault rifles and a battering ram, the officers surrounded the house. As one group staged near the front…