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Need To Avoid the Police During May Day Protests? There’s an App for That! Meet ‘Sukey’

Sukey App Allows Protesters to Avoid Police On May DayMeet “Sukey” (pronounced seek-ee), the online app that was originally designed to help protesters avoid police during demonstrations.

What is Sukey exactly?  It just went live on Sunday morning and claims it is there to “help” protesters stay safe. In its own words:

Sukey is a web app that is designed to keep people safe, mobile and informed during demonstrations. We crowdsource updates from twitter and other online and offline sources in order to provide our users with a timely overview of what is going on at a demonstration.

So people can send notices of actions, or police presences, anything to do with OWS on that day.

Its website shows you how to send data via text, Twitter, Flickr, and TwitPic.

And its software will look for tweets using hashtags – #sukeyData, #dayx5, #sukey. Still a little confused? Here are some of the videos it posted on its website explaining the service:

We plugged into Sukey and found some of the May Day events already planned.

Take a look at Sukey’s Manhattan map, and realize that each different colored icon is something you should know about.

Sukey App Allows Protesters to Avoid Police On May Day

Since Sukey has posted is no online key for the various icons, we will break it down for you.

PURPLE ICONS - Looking for a protest with a permit? Find the purple:

Sukey App Allows Protesters to Avoid Police On May Day

GREEN ICONS – These show confirmed marches with any available information about when and where:

Sukey App Allows Protesters to Avoid Police On May Day

YELLOW FLAGGED ICONS – These are unconfirmed actions (they must be pretty solid to make the map) .The snapshot here shows Lower Manhattan, and virtually all of these locations are buildings that house financial institutions:

Sukey App Allows Protesters to Avoid Police On May Day

BLACK BOXES ICONS WITH PROTESTERS – You can learn about picketing events, their locations, with times and listings of organizers (where known):

Sukey App Allows Protesters to Avoid Police On May Day

BLUE BOX ICONS – JAIL CELLS — At these locations you can get bail or jail assistance – all are at or near police precincts:

Sukey App Allows Protesters to Avoid Police On May Day

A quick check of other US cities expecting major May Day activities from the Occupiers (places like Oakland, Seattle, and Chicago) shows no information reported by Sukey. This appears to be a trial program for the New York City area only.

The idea for Sukey, its website says, was born in London back in late 2010 as students were using Google maps and social media to outwit riot police.

Sukey’s operators claim to be a volunteer organization that is funded by small donors and their own pockets, but little else is known about them. Curiously, clicking on the link that claims to point you to Sukey’s executive summary takes you to a blank page.

We have reached out to Sukey for clarification on who owns and operates the site. As soon as we receive additional information, we will add to this story.

Watch below as Glenn Beck warns listeners about the May Day demonstrations and talks more about the Sukey app.

Comments (20)

  • rickinnyc
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:07pm

    ***NY/NJ/LI ACTIVISTS***
    Join NYICE, our anti-illegal alien group, led by a firey Latina legal immigrant in our annual counter protest; we will be on the sidewalk at the far end of the square [the NYPD keeps us apart]; you’ll take a stand against these commies & this year OWS:

    Here are the Logistics:
    WHAT: NY ICE Annual Counter Protest
    WHEN: May 1st, 2012 (Tuesday) at 1pm
    WHERE: In the Foley Square section of Manhattan in front of 125 Worth Street (between Centre and Lafayette Streets). You can take the #4,5, 6 Subway to the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Stop.

    PS- We will be up on the side-walk, across the street at the far end of the park, separated by the NYPD; & just like last year we’ll be likely literally applauding the NYPD @ day’s end.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:45pm

    Nice APP and i wish those protests luck on their revolution and i hope they come to see the real thing they should be fighting for is the constitution and libertarianism, their candidate should be Ron Paul. we need to take back our goverment together and bring back the good ol days. Its great when protestors can protest without some mentally ill thug who murdered people abroad for corporations becomes a cop and attacks innocent protestors. I hope the creator of the app gets enough money to live long enough to create something else of great value. great app we should all get, that way hr 347 will fail to be enforced haha.

    Report Post » Individualism  
  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:00pm

    STAY at HOME

    Report Post » South Philly Boy  
  • AJC1973
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:39pm

    wow really this is the best thing for the police… imagine a cop with phone they start corralling the protesters down to a gauntlet by giving misinformation of police “activities” and using a small diversionary force to give the impression of a police presense actually move the crowd to a predetermined point where you can arrest them all. these kids may think they are smarter than the man using rudementary technology to track supposed police movements. but only a true command and control center like a police force has can accomplish this. using cameras helicopters(possibly drones) police on the ground using radios for real time no lag movements. sure you can buy a police scanner at radio shack. but hearing an op and knowing what is being said are 2 entirely different things and more and more police swat teams are moving to push to talk telephone like nextel and boost have to keep sensitive conversations off the air. and further encryptions mechanisms make it tougher to figure out what police are doing. also police can be stationed in the building outside the march areas giving realtime movements without being seen. i would imagine for every cop you see on the beat at ows, there are 5 you dont see. go ahead play with your little toys let police forces show you kids what real surveillance looks like…

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  • RamonPreston
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:11pm

    I have a sure fire way to avoid the police…I’m sitting in my chair all day if I can help it.

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    • Gorp
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:08pm

      Yes! Sitting in my chair too drinking a nice Brandy and watching the OWS idiots.

      At first I will think they are the dumbest on Earth but after a few more Brandies I won’t care all that much.

      Report Post » Gorp  
  • ronin_6
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:41pm

    Genius. Absolute genius. Now the cops won’t know where to look for these tur*s.

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    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:51pm

      I’m carrying extra mags, chances are cops will be hard pressed to help you and who knows they may need help!

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  • sasquatch08
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:49pm

    Someone, please hack this app so they all go turn themselves in.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:07pm

    The police will be among the protesters. They will know what is going on.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:03pm

    Want to avoid the police? Get your azz a job and be at work that day.

    Report Post » blackyb  
  • Pete Jefferson
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:02pm

    Blatant rip-off of the late 1970s-early 1980s cartoon character “Godzuki.”

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  • Lord_Frostwind
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:57pm

    Um, are protestors dumb enough to think police are technological dinosaurs? “Yeah let’s put all of plans up on this app that will tell us exactly where the police are.” As one of the department captains is looking over their plans and posting false information.

    Social Media has been the greatest assistant to Law Enforcement since Fingerprinting.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:55pm

    I thought they WANTED to encounter the police and INTIMIDATE them so they could get great videos? hahaha They are such a CONFUSED bunch of idiots..

    Report Post » EqualJustice  
  • Mark0331
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:48pm

    To anyone who has ever seen the great movie “Full Metal Jacket”….this word is usually accompanied with the phrase…”..$5, anything you want….”

    Report Post » Mark0331  
  • sWampy
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:41pm

    Terrorists, Praise Allah, Hail Obama.

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  • hidden_lion
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:41pm

    So, everybody should download this app and flood it with bogus information. wow, come think of it, you could conduct some serious psy-ops using this baby.

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:50pm

      Bingo on the ‘ops’ part of your statemnet…they just gave away a huge part of their plan…which of course they will denounce once they realize how dumb it was….silly amatuers.

      Report Post » Mark0331  
    • deeberj
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:09pm

      I thought of the same thing. If I had the time to mess with that stuff…

      Report Post » deeberj  
  • lukerw
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:37pm

    SUKEY seems like a CoConspirator!

    Report Post » lukerw  

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