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Since May 11, 2021, the Hernando De Soto bridge has been closed due to the findings of a crack in a major wielding point. Bill Dries, a reporter for the
Daily Memphian, says the initial fracture has been fixed but upon further inspection, 17 more issues have been found. Eastbound is set to reopen Monday, August 2 and, if all goes according to plan, westbound will open back up the following Monday.
Dries joins fellow
The New Tri-State Defender s Karanja Ajanaku, and
The Memphis Flyer s Toby Sells for this week’s WKNO-TV
Behind the Headlines with host Eric Barnes. In addition to the bridge failures, guests talk about the uptick in COVID-19 and Delta variant cases, as well as, the proposal for Memphis and Shelby County consolidation.
Thu, Jun 3rd 2021 10:48am
Tim Cushing
The Chicago Police Department is already seriously awful. Its reliance on software to decide who and where to police isn t making it any better. Predictive policing is only as good as the input data, and if the data is being input by police departments with long histories of biased policing, it s only going to generate algorithmic excuses for future biased policing.
Law enforcement officials call predictive policing a game changer. In reality, it appears to be little more than a way to ensure some people due to the area they live in or the people they know endure endless harassment by law enforcement officers. The ideal is cities being steadily scrubbed of crime by proactive officers. The reality is officers making multiple visits a month to certain homes to issue tickets for uncut grass.
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