Orion Martin’s Comments

• Aug 28th, 2014 @ 5:56pm

  Police Accountability App Featured on CopBlock.org

  on The Judicial System's Blessing Of Police Use Of Excessive Force Makes It Nearly Impossible To Hold Bad Cops Accountable
  CopBlock.org just posted an article about a campaign for a new app which addresses the central accountability issue brought up in this TechDirt article. Check it out:
  
  http://www.copblock.org/66089/crowdfunding-campaign-for-new-anti-police-state-app/
  
  When the app is activated it does three things:
  a) turns on the audio and video recording devices on the user's smartphone and begins streaming the data to a secure server.
  b)initiates a video call to a nationwide attorney network so that within a few seconds the user is being represented by an attorney who will interact with the police officer on the app user's behalf.
  c)for user's who want their police encounter made public, the audio/video will also be streamed to a live website where anyone can watch police encounters across the country happening in real-time and comment on them.
  
  Here's the campaign's YouTube video:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjwnNsGwFTI
  
  And here's their campaign page:
  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sidekik-real-time-representation-and-data-storage#home