Juliana Ospina Cano is executive director of Conexión Américas.
The United States recognizes April as Financial Literacy Month, but more painfully, April marks the thirteenth month of lives being forever altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It brings into acute focus the financial fragility of many Americans which has been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Of the 15% of Americans who reported losing a job because of the pandemic, lower-income adults were disproportionately unemployed, according to research conducted by Pew during the heart of the pandemic.
Some 56% of workers with lower incomes who lost their job because of the coronavirus outbreak said they were currently unemployed, compared with 42% of middle- and upper-income adults.[1]
“There is no tool in the history of policing that’s been used equitably and hasn’t disproportionately impacted people of color,” At-Large Council member Sharon Hurt said.
If the technology is deployed, it would come as Police Chief John Drake has pledged to phase out routine traffic stops. Independent reviews found Nashville traffic stops disproportionately targeted people of color but did not reduce crime rates.
Council member Bob Nash, a former Nashville police commander, said he trusts Drake to implement a program that would be acceptable to the community and council. This is a license plate reader. It doesn t know if you re white, or if you re black, or if you re red or yellow, he said. It doesn t know if you re rich or poor. It does know maybe if you re driving a stolen car.
April 20, 2021
A long-delayed debate over the use of license plate reader technology on Nashville s public streets returns to Metro Council on Tuesday night with competing arguments over privacy versus over-policing.
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License plate readers typically mounted on road signs, bridges, traffic poles and police cars can capture thousands of digital license plate images each minute. Those images can be transmitted to law enforcement for various purposes, including catching speeders and stolen cars, solving crimes and responding to Amber and Silver Alerts for missing children and seniors.
The technology appears to be widely used, though data is scarce. A years-old survey found more than 70% of police departments across the country have or plan to use the technology and private subdivisions and neighborhood associations have also installed the cameras.
Drive-thru COVID vaccination site opens in South Nashville
Up until today, the old Kmart on Murfreesboro Pike was one of Metro s three assessment centers.
By: Cole Johnson
and last updated 2021-04-12 09:08:57-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Nashville continues its push for COVID-19 vaccinations with a new drive-thru site in South Nashville opening Monday.
Up until today, the old Kmart on Murfreesboro Pike was one of Metro s three assessment centers.
This site will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. At this location, you will be getting the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Registration for appointments opened on April 8 and future appointments will be made available each Thursday for the upcoming week.