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ACLU affiliates in Missouri, California, Oregon and Nebraska are joining the ACLU of Mississippi in releasing the Mobile Justice app. Funded by a grant from the National ACLU, the Mobile Justice app ...

The videos recorded by the app will be transmitted to the ACLU-NC and preserved even if the user’s phone is later seized or destroyed. “Our office receives hundreds of calls each year from people ...

The app also has been used in Ferguson, Missouri, during protests after white officer Darren Wilson shot and killed a black man, 18-year-old, Michael Brown, last year, ACLU Colorado's Krieger said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new smartphone app allows Californians who record encounters with police to automatically submit the video to their local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. The ...

Mo., he said. The app — which captures video and audio — works like this: Users can open the app, called Mobile Justice CA, hit a record button and start rolling a potential incident.

The ACLU says the apps are modeled after the New York Civil Liberties Union's Stop and Frisk app. North Carolina officials didn't say how their six staff members would handle any videos submitted.

The Mobile Justice app is available in 17 states including Arizona and the District of Columbia on both Android and iPhones. The ACLU is hoping to have it in every state in the near future.

The ACLU first released the “ Mobile Justic e ” app in 2015 for users to record possible police misconduct. Videos are automatically uploaded to the organization’s server to ensure they are ...

Other ACLU chapters that rolled out similar apps in a handful of other states last fall reported limited use. In Mississippi, about 275 Android users have submitted about 50 videos, a spokeswoman ...