red states rule
10-25-2011, 02:53 AM
I keep hearing/reading how the hippies are the left's answer to the Tea Party and how the hippies is a "grassroot" effort.
I do not recall those attending Tea party rallies being arrested, and having to ask for "help"
Also this is pretty funny considering the hippies hate capitalism, and corporations
An Occupy Wall Street (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Occupy+Wall+Street) sympathizer created a free app called "I'm Getting Arrested" that lets protesters send out text messages to friends and family when cops swoop in.
Jason Van Anden, a Brooklyn (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Brooklyn+(New+York+City)) software developer, said he came up with the idea when a colleague told him his girlfriend was about to get busted at a demonstration.
"He said it would be great if you had an app so that she could quickly broadcast her situation," said Van Anden, 43, a Flatbush (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Flatbush) dad
He spent two long nights creating the app, which is available at Android Market (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Google+Android). He's working on making it available for the iPhone (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Apple+iPhone), too.
Users craft a text message in advance and program a list of recipients. Then, as cops get the bracelets out, they can hit one button and tell everyone on their list that they're in danger of being pinched.
As of Monday morning, 9,000 people had already installed the app, but Van Anden doesn't know if anyone has used it because he installed privacy controls.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/24/2011-10-24_occupy_wall_street_sympathizer_creates_im_getti ng_arrested_app_to_help_protester.html
I do not recall those attending Tea party rallies being arrested, and having to ask for "help"
Also this is pretty funny considering the hippies hate capitalism, and corporations
An Occupy Wall Street (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Occupy+Wall+Street) sympathizer created a free app called "I'm Getting Arrested" that lets protesters send out text messages to friends and family when cops swoop in.
Jason Van Anden, a Brooklyn (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Brooklyn+(New+York+City)) software developer, said he came up with the idea when a colleague told him his girlfriend was about to get busted at a demonstration.
"He said it would be great if you had an app so that she could quickly broadcast her situation," said Van Anden, 43, a Flatbush (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Flatbush) dad
He spent two long nights creating the app, which is available at Android Market (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Google+Android). He's working on making it available for the iPhone (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Apple+iPhone), too.
Users craft a text message in advance and program a list of recipients. Then, as cops get the bracelets out, they can hit one button and tell everyone on their list that they're in danger of being pinched.
As of Monday morning, 9,000 people had already installed the app, but Van Anden doesn't know if anyone has used it because he installed privacy controls.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/24/2011-10-24_occupy_wall_street_sympathizer_creates_im_getti ng_arrested_app_to_help_protester.html