Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

The concrete effects of body cameras on police accountability

  • Written by Suat Cubukcu, Professorial Lecturer, American University
The concrete effects of body cameras on police accountabilityPolice officers wear body cameras in Oakland, California, on Dec. 4, 2014.Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

Without video evidence, it’s unlikely we would have ever heard of George Floyd or witnessed the prosecution of his killer, a Minneapolis police officer.

The recording of Floyd’s killing echoed the documentation in the deaths of Michael...

Read more: The concrete effects of body cameras on police accountability

More Articles ...

  1. How getting kids to make grocery lists and set the table can improve their vocabulary and willingness to learn
  2. Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complex
  3. Infrastructure matters for wildlife too – here's how aging culverts are blocking Pacific salmon migration
  4. Companies are pushing sweetened drinks to children through advertising and misleading labels – and families are buying
  5. Alex Jones loses Sandy Hook case, but important defamation issues remain unresolved
  6. Got $1.2T to invest in roads and other infrastructure? Here's how to figure out how to spend it wisely
  7. How hip-hop in the classroom is raising the volume of learning: 4 essential reads
  8. Organized crime is a top driver of global deforestation – along with beef, soy, palm oil and wood products
  9. The ancient history of adding insult to injury
  10. Have we made an object that could travel 1% the speed of light?
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more