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Will Grigg: Libertarian Writer and Anti-Police State Critic
Will Grigg was a powerful voice for liberty and one of the sharpest critics of the American police state. As a journalist, editor, and author, he dedicated his career to exposing abuses of power, especially where they were most often ignored: in prisons, courtrooms, and the daily lives of ordinary citizens caught in the machinery of the state.
Born in 1963, Grigg came of age during the Cold War and initially identified with the conservative movement, but his own reporting pushed him beyond its boundaries. What set Grigg apart was his moral clarity. He refused to excuse government violence simply because it wore a uniform or carried the banner of “law and order.” Over time he became one of the most consistent libertarian voices against police militarization, prosecutorial abuse, and endless foreign wars.
As a longtime writer for The New American and later as an independent journalist, Grigg brought an unmatched combination of scholarship and urgency. His blog Pro Libertate was relentless in its focus on the victims of the system: families torn apart by no-knock raids, citizens bankrupted by predatory prosecutors, and communities corroded by the expansion of state power. His writing had the cadence of a sermon and the weight of evidence, which made him both a passionate advocate and a trusted researcher.
In 2016, alongside Scott Horton, Grigg co-founded the Libertarian Institute. His vision was to create a home for writers who would continue the work of challenging the narratives that justify empire and repression. Though he passed away suddenly in 2017, his influence still permeates the Institute and the wider libertarian movement.
Will Grigg’s legacy rests not only in the words he wrote but in the lives he tried to defend. His journalism never treated liberty as an abstraction. It was always about the individual facing the state’s boot on the neck, and about reminding readers that justice means standing with the powerless against the powerful.
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