Might I suggest an app for your smart phone that will help speak truth to power?

Picture of CA app not the CO

Yes, it is a long title.  Truth be told, the title of this piece really says most everything that needs to be said.  The application is one that is called Mobile Justice Co.  It is free on iTunes.  It is software from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) located in Colorado. It is software that helps you watch situations where for example a police officer might be overstepping his bounds.  It might help a person being harassed or it might help someone who is a victim of a hate crime.  You simply load it on your phone.  If you find yourself in a difficult situation, simply pull out your phone and start the app.  You can see in the picture what features are included.  Push the orange button marked Record  and it will take over your phone's camera and begin recording.  When you feel you have captured a significant event, just press Report and the phone sends what you have captured directly to the American Civil Liberties Union offices here in Colorado. There is also a feature that allows your phone to be alerted in case someone else is being harassed and the event is nearby.  In this function you can quickly be told where to proceed and you hit the orange button marked Record to act as a witness. When you are finished you merely send the report as already discussed.

There is an information button that gives you instructions of what you can and cannot do in an arrest situation in the state of Colorado.  It also has an audio feature that works in a similar manner.  This app might just protect you in an unfortunate situation of over-policing or help someone have eyewitness protections.  Just something to think about when politicians are attempting to reel in protesters around the nation.  Be brave.  Resist.