Targeting brutality: there's an app for that.

AuthorKrayewski, Ed
PositionCitings - Police Tape application against police brutality - Brief article

A NEW smartphone app from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey, called Police Tape, makes it easier to record law enforcement on your phone. The app, developed by OpenWatch and available for Android and iOS, disappears from the screen when you start recording, making it more difficult for cops to recognize that a recording exists on a phone they've seized. It also has an option to send a backup copy to the ACLU and includes legal information about what rights you have when interacting with cops.

Police Tape isn't the first app developed to combat police...

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