black-to-the-bones:

  • A new chatbot called Raheem.ai helps the public rate police interactions.
  • Founder Brandon D. Anderson created the company after his partner was killed by police in a traffic stop gone bad.
  • Raheem.ai is backed by an accelerator for nonprofits called FastForward.

Raheem.ai anonymizes all the data it collects so users can be as candid as they like without fear of retaliation. The start-up plans to publish quarterly reports showing where police are working well or failing communities across the U.S. It will also deliver custom reports to precincts, cities or campuses to help them pinpoint areas for improvement, Anderson said.

This moment when black people create things to help us survive the racial profiling and police brutality.