This is an app by the New York Civil Liberties Union, aiming to document the stop-and-frisk practices carried out by the NYPD.
As per the Fourth Amendment, cops can stop and search those they suspect of carrying out a crime. If the police suspect you are armed, dangerous, or are carrying drugs, they can stop you, question you, and frisk you ? pat you down over your outer clothing ? to make sure you?re clean.
This stop-question-and-frisk policy of the NYPD hasn?t gone down well with common people or activists. Protestors have alleged that those of certain ethnicities are targeted more than others, and many have called for a complete stop to this practice, which is seen as humiliating and discriminatory. But despite the outcry, the practice goes on.
With this app users can record stop-and-frisk encounters and send them to the NYCLU with the details related to the incidents. The app also alerts other users in the vicinity about police stops, as well as lets you report incidents even if you did not record them.
If you are confronted by the cops when filming them, just show them the app?s in-built ?Know Your Rights? section and they should leave you alone.
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