Stop and Search App

Our final projects are over now but the ideas of all the ways people can use technology at the palms of their hands to make a better society is so interesting. I came across an article about this app called Y-Stop and it is meant to help young people who are harassed by officers and feel like they can't do anything about it.

“Young people repeatedly told us they were having negative stop-and-search experiences but were not inclined to do anything about them,” Natasha Dhumma, advocacy project manager at the charity Release, told BuzzFeed News.

I think the idea of being able to get justice for ourselves in an instant is amazing! So many of my friends have been racially profiled and have done nothing about it except hold on the fact that no one will help them. This app sends information, pictures, videos, and more directly to a lawyer or source of help for the person or group being profiled.

Here's and example of something from the app. It seems super easy to use and very relevant, just like majority of our projects. The really cool Buzzfeed article can be found here.