{"id":763141,"date":"2020-06-01T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T17:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=763141"},"modified":"2020-06-01T13:03:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T17:03:59","slug":"dallas-police-asked-public-for-videos-of-protesters-it-didnt-go-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=763141","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Police asked public for videos of protesters\u2014it didn\u2019t go well"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Screenshots of the iWatch Dallas iPhone app from the Apple App Store. (credit: City of Dallas<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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With protests against police brutality and racism happening in many major US cities, the Dallas Police Department on Sunday asked the public<\/a> to submit videos of “illegal activity from the protests” through the city’s smartphone app. It didn’t go well, as the app was reportedly inundated with unrelated content, such as K-pop videos, and within less than a day, the app had stopped working due to “technical difficulties.”<\/p>\n

“In response to the tweeted request from Dallas Police, hundreds of K-pop fans replied with photos and videos of their favorite artists,” BuzzFeed News wrote<\/a>. “Many people also claimed to have submitted videos of the police harming protestors, as well as fan edits of K-pop artists, to the iWatch Dallas app.”<\/p>\n

The department made its request for video of protesters at 12:48am CT Sunday. “If you have video of illegal activity from the protests and are trying to share it with @DallasPD, you can download it to our iWatch Dallas app. You can remain anonymous,” the tweet said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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