Shameka Parrish-Wright is a Democratic member of the Louisville Metro Council who has represented District 3 since November 2023. A community organizer, she has served as executive director of VOCAL-KY, an advocacy group focused on HIV/AIDS, drug policy, incarceration and homelessness. She is a candidate for mayor of Louisville in 2026. She holds a degree in human services and attended the University of Louisville. She was appointed to the Louisville Human Relations Commission in 2008 and completed two terms. She is an appointed member of Louisville's Commission for Persons with Disabilities. In 2026, her council committee assignments include Budget, Planning and Zoning, and Public Safety.
We have documented 1 statement by Shameka Parrish-Wright, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Louisville Metro Council member, District 3, running for mayor of Louisville
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Statement summary
Louisville Metro Council member Shameka Parrish-Wright said Flock cameras and the lack of regulation around them are not good for a police department with a history of bias and racial profiling, and that the city should eliminate its Flock contract.
“These flock cameras and the lack of regulation around them is not good for a police department with a history of bias, with a history of racist practices, with a history of racial profiling,
And so I don’t think that we are ready to deal with that. And so I think that we should eliminate our flock contract like other cities have done.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Louisville debates privacy and public safety over Flock cameras and new techCandidate responses in the full article, in the Louisville section
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate camera systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Parrish-Wright said the city is not ready to handle the cameras given the police department's history and that Louisville should eliminate its Flock contract, which calls for ending the city's use of the system.
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
