After all of the media reflection on 2015, the NIU Newsroom decided to turn its attention to the future. In the accompanying Speak Your Mind video, we ask three NIU…
NIU expert: Video, the Internet causing ‘sea change’ in U.S. law enforcement
December 11, 2015
Northern Illinois University sociologist Kirk Miller sums up the crisis facing American law enforcement today in just two words: viral accountability. “What I describe as viral accountability in law enforcement…
Police should wear body cameras to improve trust, accountability, NIU sociologist contends
July 29, 2015
Begin typing “Sandra Bland” into a Google search window, and the correct suggestion pops up as soon as the first “a” is keyed. The former Naperville woman became the latest…
Shortly after 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, the eyes of the world fixed upon Ferguson, Mo. Would the grand jury indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9…