Shameka Parrish-Wright
Role at the time: Louisville Metro Council member, District 3, running for mayor of Louisville
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.”
Spectrum News 1 Kentucky report on debate in Louisville over Flock license-plate cameras and other new technology.
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.