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The sarcastic naysayer might imagine this weeks announcement is about electronic ambulance chasers only fanning the flames of accidents and conflict. Its the opposite.

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He and two friends are working to put an end to violent traffic stops by offering on-the-spot legal counseling to drivers with their new app.

By Victor Omondi In the aftermath of the 20-year-old Daunte Wright’s police shooting in 2021, a community in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, is being offered a free app that swiftly connects residents to lawyers around the clock and records traffic stops. According to the Star Tribune, the Minneapolis-based software firm TurnSignl has developed an app that […]

Like many Americans, Jazz Hampton and two of his friends, Andre Creighton and Mychal Frelix, watched in horror as two fellow Minnesotans, Philando Castile and George Floyd, were killed by police officers following what seemed to be routine traffic stops. If only there had been a way to de-escalate those situations while protecting the rights of the person detained, as well as the law enforcement officer involved. So they came up with one.

An app that connects users to lawyers and films traffic stops is being offered to the Brooklyn Center, MN, for free in the wake of Daunte Wright's death.

Brooklyn Center is where Daunte Wright was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in April 2021.

Minnesota men create app to de-escalate traffic stops TurnSignl connects users to a local lawyer who can help de-escalate a traffic stop in real time, so that everyone goes home safe. Author: Rena Sarigianopoulos Updated: 5:24 AM CDT May 3, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — Traffic stops can be dangerous. For both police and the people being pulled over. And in cases like Daunte Wright’s, they can sometimes be fatal. Three Minnesota men decided to create something that they...