Look Ma, I'm Getting Arrested! 238
robotissues writes "Cnet reviews 'I'm Getting Arrested,' an Android app that alerts your lawyer and loved ones if you have been arrested while peacefully demonstrating. The app makes it easy to broadcast a message via SMS in case all hell breaks loose."
Re:Look Ma... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Look Ma... (Score:5, Informative)
You haven't spent a lot of time in jail, have you? :) My experience is based on being the good guy, not the bad guy.
There are usually numbers for bail bondsmen posted by the phones. That's who you need to talk to, not your mom, significant other, etc. They want their 10%, so they'll call everyone you ask them to.
You have the right to legal representation. If you cannot afford legal representation, an attorney will be appointed for you. That may have a familiar ring to it. The only thing you should say is "I want a lawyer." It may take a few hours to a day, but one will show up.
You can make calls once you're booked in. The calls are collect, so hopefully the other side will take the calls. It's a good idea that people know where you were going, so they'll already know to accept the charges.
Since the charge is only going to be a minor charge, they'll probably book you, and release you ROR. That is, unless you took a swing at a cop or something. You'll be given a court date, and kicked to the curb.
Regardless if you're being arrested for being annoying, or murder, you're not just dropped into some dark hole that no one will ever hear from you again. You just may not be allowed to leave.
Jails don't generally have the capacity to take in hundreds of people at once, and keep them. They have logistics issues. They may have cells and bunks available. They may not have enough food coming in. So the trivial BS arrests (like these could be), will be processed and released.
Re:The good news is... (Score:1, Informative)
Simple Answer:
Both the Teaparty and OWS are showing that the "little man" is FED UP with the multitude of faults/criminality of the government/banking/you name it... The only difference is the OWS, being predominately brainwashed liberal kids who are throwbacks to the 60s hippy movement, and are behaving like animals. Of course, since this is typically how modern liberals behave anyway, the establishment cuts them slack, like todays mayor bloomberg backing down on evicting the crowds from the park. The Teaparty, on the other hand, protests in a peaceable manner, and despite all the claims by the MSM that Teapartyers are racist, I'd challenge anybody to point to one documented case of a Teapartier doing ANYthing as reprehensible as some of the OWS crowds have done. Bottom line: as much as it pains me to say both groups are protesting the same thing, only one group, OWS, acting like spoiled little brats with a "gimme" attitude given to them by their liberal university indoctrination. The Teaparty protests the same criminality, but does so with civility and MUCH better grooming than the OWS bunch.