New App Sends a Notification
Every Time Someone Is Killed by Police
BY CLAIRE LANDSBAUM
Police killed 984 people with
firearms last year, which is more than double the average number reported
annually by the FBI. Adjusted for population, a disproportionate number of
those people were young black men, and in many cases the policemen who killed
them were never charged, or were charged and acquitted. Although many cities are calling for police
reform, for software developer andIntercept editor Josh Begley, change
wasn't coming fast enough.
On Wednesday Begley announced the
release of his new app, Archives + Absences, which sends users a notification
every time someone is killed by police. According to the Daily Dot, the app
sends push notifications with the name of the person killed. If users click on
the notification, they'll see a map with a pin where the incident took place;
all data comes from The Guardian.
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