Oakland HS Kid invents CopStop app (this kid is awesome)

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Title edited so more people read it.


I'm going to start with the FB post that first caught my eye. George Hofstetter, a high school student in Oakland, developed an app called CopStop that videos and uploads tamper-proof video of meetings/confrontations with police or gangs/groups. He developed it as a black student in a predominantly white school. He also works with police departments w/r/t training and interactions with minorities.

www.facebook.com/GLBLCTZN/videos/1617934451635650/?hc_ref=ART-0aasEBE9AH-PF0dEQiEncd7Bfspel-HvCB4g2PoIkCECwNcZowF6lQHCNIpoD_I

You can skip that if you don't want the Global Citizen "Buzzfeed" type video. But I like flashy blingy stuff.

Here's an article spotlighting him from the Equal Justice Society: equaljusticesociety.org/2017/09/15/spotlight-on-george-hofstetter-honoree-at-ejs-gala-on-sept-27/ 

I just wanted to put this out there/credit him for some of the stuff he's done that's amazing at his young age - or any age really. It's sad to me that it's necessary for him to have developed his apps but it's awesome what he's accomplished and he's an amazing young man from every article I've read about him so far. (Connect the Dots for POC students in predominantly white schools was his first. CopStop was his second "hackathon.") Google his name and CopStop and there are too many articles to pick from.

And holy shit I'm exhausted just reading about his accomplishments and activities. Martial arts, kickboxing, horseback riding, working, teaching himself coding, sound tech at his church...  I need a nap.

[Michelle]

I agree - I would have come in a lot faster if the title said Oakland HS student invents CopStop app and more.

He definitely deserves recognition. Sounds like an incredible bright mind and innovator for our country.

[mbcdefg]

Wow!

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Title edited because this thread should not be overlooked.

[ESF]

I don't recall what the old title was, but I definitely did not open it. What an amazing kid!

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Mar 1, 2018 10:53:52 GMT -5 ESF said:

I don't recall what the old title was, but I definitely did not open it. What an amazing kid!

See. Boring and easily overlooked. "Found on FB blah blah yawn...this kid is amazing."

@246baje and michelle - thanks for the oh so gentle nudge. It's working already! lol.

[phunluvin82]

You know those people you hear about and they make you feel like a total Lazy slacker who has done nothing with your life? Lol...kudos to him though, he seems awesome.

[picksthemusic]

This child is amazing. He is going to change the world.

[seeyalater52]

I LOVE this! What an awesome, smart, and innovative young person.

[WanderingWinoZ]

Very cool- It sounds like he's going to be doing some pretty amazing things with his life

[underwaterrhymes]

I read about him a few weeks ago and thought this was absolutely genius.

I think it’s especially remarkable that not only has he come up with an app that deals with the situation as it stands with regard to institutionalized racism, but is also working with the local police force to effect change internally.