Speak Your Mind
What will be the big stories of 2016?
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…
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Viral accountability
NIU expert: Video, the Internet causing ‘sea change’ in U.S. law enforcement
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…
Camera’s Eye
Police should wear body cameras to improve trust, accountability, NIU sociologist contends
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…
Camera’s Eye: Police should wear body cameras to improve trust, accountability, NIU sociologist contends
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…
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