6.16: Criminals - Hour 4

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Don't forget to stop in at Thornton's this morning, or
maybe you've already made it to wherever you need to
be this morning, but you're going to be out and
about later. I'm sure keep Thornton's in mind. They've got
what you need for lunch, a lot of good options
when it comes to the food items. They have changed
the stigma when it comes to gas station convenience store food.
There's now a real desire to be there to get

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some of the great options they have when it comes
to food. Whereas while back, I mean not that long ago, right,
I don't know, maybe a decade ago. I think the
thought of eating convenience store gas station food was one
that you didn't want to think about, and if you
did end up having to eat it, it was because
you had no other options. That is not the case anymore.
I can say you that firsthand. So again, the popular

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item right now with Thornton's when it comes to lunch
options the Nashville Chicken pizza. So Nashville hot chicken pizza.
Who knows how long they're going to have it around.
So if you haven't tried it yet, I would give
it a shot because it's really popular, and again they
don't keep some of these items there three hundred and
sixty five days out of the year. So again or
Field by Thornton's and you should be too. So we

(01:02):
had a scary start to the morning. Right around three am,
there was a house fire that Louisville Fire Department showed
up to. It's a home on Chickasaw Avenue near Brownsboro
Road that's in the Clifton Heights neighborhood. And I've probably
been to the Clifton Heights neighborhood twice in the last
few years, and randomly last week I was over in

(01:23):
that area and I was thinking, man, I haven't been
here in a while. I ended up actually in a
residential area that I'd never been to in Clifton Heights,
a rare neighborhood where it's actually really close to downtown
and you have some old historic houses that are really awesome.
And sure enough, I just looked up on Google Maps
because I'm thinking, wait a second, I think that's right
where I was, And sure enough, I was right near
where this took place just last week. But again, it's

(01:45):
a house that is on Chickasaw Avenue. And when the
crews arrived, they found the home up in flames. Firefighters
were able to pull one person from the house, but
that person did die at the scene. We were checking
in earlier this morning with our partners at WLKY who
were the first on the scene there, and just a
tragic situation where the neighbors their house caught fire too.
They're okay, they were able to make it out and

(02:06):
everybody was safe as far as that family, and I
believe their dog. But it was the neighbor that saw
the individual that lived at this home burning alive, it
sounds like. And then of course we now know that
that individual later died. So a tragic situation overall, and
I'm sure it impacted a lot of those that were
getting their morning started in the Clifton area, as there

(02:26):
was a lot of presence there from Fire Department L
ANDPD and just first responders all the way around. So again,
tragic situation all right. So over the weekend, I'd say
there was some level of improvement as far as just
the scene, if we can call it that. I think
it is absolutely a scene as far as what's going

(02:48):
on on Bartstown Road in the Highlands area, really right
there near grinstead it when I see the videos and
the pictures that surface on social media after a weekend
in the Highlands, it's specifically that area that seems to
be the area that is just being taken over. You've
got fights happening out in front of that Wendy's, You've
got people jumping on cars in the middle of the streets,

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and there is a task force in place by LMPD,
and that task force is doing what it's intended to do.
Those that are of the expectation that this task force
was going to completely overnight eliminate the shenanigans, that's just
not reality because what I think many people have lost
sight of to make the absolute change that's needed right

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the improvement to where people can go out and enjoy
the Highlands area like they used to and it felt
like a nice night life to enjoy what that area
has to offer here in Louisville. That is certainly not
now what it once was. And the only scenario where
we get there is people have to actually start behaving

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and acting responsibly and you know, not breaking the law.

Speaker 2 (04:01):
The law.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
So we know that this past weekend, the enhanced safety
measures made for a safe and successful weekend overall, and
in that Barchtown Road area, officers made eleven arrests, served
eight warrants, issued twenty one citations, seized three guns, and
towed three cars. And look, that's all they can do.
They're there to enforce the law. That's what they're doing.

(04:25):
For those that think you can just start rounding everybody
up and throwing them in the paddy wagon, they have
to actually break the law. Is a nineteen year old
standing outside of a bar that they legally aren't old
enough to get in around a big crowd? Is that,
you know suspicious? Is that something that that person probably
doesn't need to be doing, Absolutely, but it's not breaking

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the law. So where this really changes for the better
is when you know we actually have citizens that start
behaving and acting responsibly. I'm there are many that we
even see in these videos in the background that didn't
go out to partake in any of the nonsense, but

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they went out and figured out that's kind of what
it turns into at times. So reminder, I'll use the
platform to continue to remind you the scenario where this
is any way lmpd's fault is just delusional. I really
would love to know if there was a specific incident
that really sparked the shift for people to just assume

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that when crimes happen that it's law enforcement or local
leadership's fault. I mean, it doesn't take really much upstairs
in your brain to understand that if you want to
go commit a crime and break the law, you can
do it. Now you're going to hopefully be held accountable.
But it never ceases to amaze me when somebody will

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share a story about a murder or a violent crime
that took place, which of course is awful, and they
want to share it to say something along the lines
of great job, Greenberg thought this city was safe way
to go LMPD where he at? In what world has

(06:10):
it ever been law enforcement's fault that somebody chooses to
be a criminal?

Speaker 3 (06:14):
Never?

Speaker 1 (06:15):
But something switched with people, and my curiosity's getting the
best of me, is wondering what really led to that,
because it makes no sense at all. It's fundamentally really
stupid to process it that way, but enough people do it.
All right, We'll talk about the tragic situation all the
way around. At the end of May, we had an
officer involved shooting that ended up with an unarmed man

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who was clearly having some mental health issues. He was
shot and killed by an officer. We now know that
officer is facing charges. We'll tell you what those charges
are and what this should really be a reminder of,
at least from my perspective. That's coming up next in
about four minutes.

Speaker 2 (06:53):
As police officers, we have a difficult job requires us
to make difficult decisions in difficult circumstance answers. But this
is not an acceptable performance for us. This is not
meet our training, it is not what we teach, and
it does not meet our values.

Speaker 1 (07:13):
That was Chief Humphrey, not long after one of his
officers shot and killed an unarmed, naked man. And we
now know that not only was that officer fired, he
actually resigned before that firing process could be completed. But
we now know that officer, former officer I should say,
Nathan Stotts, he is now being charged with a crime

(07:33):
in the situation. He's now being charged with manslaughter and
reckless homicide. Those charges came down yesterday after a grand
jury chose to indict him. And this is just a
tragic situation for everybody involved. Nobody will see Stotts as
a victim here, and I get it, it's hard to
really even think about him being a victim when he's
alive and somebody that was unarmed is not. But it's

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the ultimate reminder of all that comes with the sacrifice
of being a cop, because this is certainly something that
could happen to anybody that is a cop. I would
imagine most would not have acted the way that he
did that night, but most will also never know, because
you can spend thirty years and not be in that
situation where you feel like you've got to pull your

(08:20):
gun now. Again, there's many officers that'll probably tell you
they would have never pulled their weapon in the first
place once they were able to determine that this guy
was not a threat to maybe anybody but himself. Right
there was no reports and nothing visual that showed he
had a weapon. The latest update that had come in
from the nine to one one call is that he
had left where he was and I believe it ripsiding
off of a house. So there are consequences for your actions.

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And I don't know this individual at all, but I
choose to believe that he did not intend on hurting
anybody that night, And I also don't think he got
into law enforcement to abuse the power that you have
and maybe take advantage of being able to be in
a position to hurt somebody. And I think ninety nine
point nine percent of those that have ever gotten into
law enforcement have never done it for that reason. But

(09:09):
either way, regardless if that was your intent or not,
you are in situations where you have such a responsibility
and what you do with that could not only determine
in somebody losing their life, but you ruining yours. So
it's just unfortunate all the way around. But this is
how the criminal justice system works. The grand jury was
presented with what they saw and what we saw, and

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who knows, I'm sure they have more information than what
we just have in the public here, and they chose
to bring these charges. And again, that's just how it works.
I was wrong. I expected there not to be charges
just because of the slippery slope that you have here.
But I was wrong, and trust me, I'll be wrong
many more times if you stick around and listen to
this show each and every morning. And I've never once

(09:54):
been afraid to acknowledge when I am wrong. But really,
I just not only is this impact the Nitskin family
who lost someone who was just twenty seven years old.
And my goodness, I cannot imagine the heartbreak of seeing
the body cam footage of where this young man was
at the time, meaning mentally when he lost his life.

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But also I've heard from many people who know Stotts
and his family and how he was raised and what
he's all about, and there was no signs of this coming.
This is not somebody who has any previous history of
just showing that he wants to harden people. But when
you sign up to be a cop, there's so much

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sacrifice that goes into it. I think this is one
that you really don't consider, is that with it comes
such responsibility and what you do with that can again
lead to you killing somebody without any intent, and then
that ending up in you potentially ruining your life. All Right,
we got a sports up day coming up here on
the other side, as Kentucky has hired their new athletic director,

(10:56):
and I think you'll see other schools do the same
thing when they make the next hire, and that's find
somebody that's more fundraising, CEO driven than your typical old ad.
So we'll get to that with Scott and don't forget
Rody O'Neil's gonna join us coming up here around eight
thirty five. So we got a lot more to go.
And I hope you stick around with us. He doesn't
have to tell me. I can just feel it. He's

(11:17):
got World Cup fever. That's Tony Veannetti. Am I right?

Speaker 3 (11:21):
I do? I do? And I knew we'd just smack
Paraguay or Paraguay godn't matter however you want to say.

Speaker 1 (11:27):
It doesn't matter now. Yeah, four to one beat down, yep.
And we've got Australia coming up on Friday. And what
I have enjoyed about the World Cup in America hosting
is to see the culture shock that a lot of
people from all across the world are having when they
come to America for the first time and they experience
things that are very normal for us, but they can't
relate to. So what I've been doing is looking at

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things from every country that is in the World Cup
that are normal in their culture that we would be
just completely dumbfounded about.

Speaker 3 (11:55):
Oh, by the way, you did you I'm sure you
talked about that all those folks are coming over and
seeing America unfiltered and going this country is great.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
Absolutely, that's not it. Now. I will say to you know,
if you're if there's pre made ammunition against America from
our countries, is that we're fattys?

Speaker 3 (12:13):
Yeah yeah, So like a.

Speaker 1 (12:14):
Lot of what they love is our food and how
fat we are, Like biscuits insane. Biscusin gravy is like
not a real it's not a real creative meal. But
like the people who are enjoying that are like this
is the people that are waiting in lines outside of
these restaurants to take on food that we just you know,
it's normal for us, but they're not used to it.
But let's look at Jordan. So in Jordan, and by
the way, Jordan's making their first ever World Cup appearance here,

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they are known for hospitality, and it's considered deeply offensive
to refuse food or drink that is offered by a
Jordan host. So it's not just not polite, it's an insult.
If you were in Jordan and somebody offers you a
drink and you say no, thank you, you've insulted them
at that point. And I oftentimes reject I just I

(12:57):
don't know, I'm weird.

Speaker 4 (12:58):
Like that.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
I don't even if I'm so.

Speaker 3 (13:01):
They pull the eyeball out of a goat and I'm
supposed to chow on it like an old egg.

Speaker 1 (13:04):
Apparently so apparently so, Now this is one that is
really wild. In Saudi Arabia, they are the last country
to legally allow women to drive. Now them being the
last one, that's not really that interesting, but they didn't
do it until twenty twenty. I know, like that's insane.

Speaker 3 (13:22):
I know. I mean, well, I get I did that
topic a couple of times of they you know, the
social the social groups hammer us for the women this,
women that, and it's like, Okay, how come you're not
talking about that about the other countries? And when will
they be a boycott of until these other countries have
better women's rights, would they should? We're not going to

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compete against them.

Speaker 1 (13:45):
When I think of just how different cultures are in
America compared to others, I often think about things like
socially in food, I rarely think about like being progressive, right,
Like you could go to the country and it will
feel like an era that I didn't even experiens because
I wasn't alive yet. As far as like what people
are allowed are allowed to do? Now?

Speaker 3 (14:04):
Have you?

Speaker 4 (14:04):
Was?

Speaker 1 (14:05):
Was the World Cup? A like sucker has been popular
across the globe for a long long time. We've made
big improvements here in America. But when you were younger,
let's say, when you were in Trinity High School, how
like did people watch the World Cup in parties?

Speaker 3 (14:20):
Like?

Speaker 1 (14:20):
Was it? No?

Speaker 3 (14:21):
No, no, no, no? That was That was late eighties, but
ninety four it dominated the news every single day. That
was the breakthrough we knew, we knew well, we thought
it was cool. It was like, hey, they're here, like
they're you know, this is awesome that all the it
was like the Summer Olympics. Actually that's the way we
felt about it. Plus we knew who all the players
were because we were interested in it. But there was

(14:42):
also a go USA feeling better than what we have now.

Speaker 1 (14:46):
Yeah, that makes sense, And there's there's a lot of
factors to why that go USA feeling isn't now what
it used to be. But I would say one of
them is that we've just never really felt like we
legitimately could win it, Like there's no there's never been
a realistic.

Speaker 3 (14:59):
And what do we live in America? The underdog Yeah.
We love being the underdog, so if we win a game. Uh,
it was it was huge, and we were winning a
couple of games in ninety four, but it was just
a different feeling than it is now, for sure.

Speaker 1 (15:12):
John, you can help us out here. You might know
the actual name of this player, although I'm putting you
on the spot with no heads up at all. But
one of the American players has such a crazy story
as to how he's able to play for the United States.
His mom was pregnant with him here in Brooklyn and
she tried to get on a plane to go back
to I believe it was England, and they wouldn't allow

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her to fly because she was too pregnant.

Speaker 4 (15:34):
So is it a striker?

Speaker 1 (15:37):
Yeah, he was born in Uh he was born in
America because of his mom couldn't get back. So therefore
birthright citizenship. That's that's what led to him being able
to play for two.

Speaker 4 (15:48):
Of the four goals the other night.

Speaker 1 (15:50):
Yeah, I mean we'll take it. I mean, unless I
completely got got which is possible. That that is I mean,
that's not an.

Speaker 3 (15:57):
That's not a country's rule, that's an airline. You're too
damn pregnant to fly? No, that's that's anybody that's not
America or England or whatever. That's the airlines are like, yeah,
you're too pregnant.

Speaker 1 (16:08):
How long was she here?

Speaker 3 (16:09):
Because the pressure is different. You start putting pressure on
the belly and the baby wants to come out.

Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah, I my wife flew when she was pregnant once
and it was but it was nowhere near where we
were close to the actual date. But you often see
like I will say this when I look at like
Germany's team that I watched a little bit on Sunday, Uh,
I would know I would have never once given it
much thought. But like they're they're they're more diverse than
I would have expected as far as just their roster.

Speaker 3 (16:34):
Okay, but we're better, I think at soccer because our
best players go over and play in those leagues, so
now they could come back. It's just like basketball with them.
They're their best players are playing in the NBA, so
there's those teams are better, So we should do better
than we did or had a chance in ninety four.

Speaker 1 (16:53):
Year parent Johnson would be a good person asked this
because he's a former player and played internationally, that I
how other countries in soccer view the MLS. I wonder
if that's even like looked at lower than what the
NBA America looks at, like the China League and in
Turkey and all that, because you know, I think we know,

(17:14):
we're well aware that we're not the cream of the crop,
but I don't even really know how close we are,
right Like, I don't even really know, like.

Speaker 4 (17:20):
We're not as bad as we used to be now
right we're kind of the retirement home for the stars.
Like Lionel Messi's only got a couple of years left.
More than likely he's been playing his last few seasons
in the MLS because he's kind of winding down his career.

Speaker 3 (17:32):
Right Well, because you're a world star in England, you
go to America to become you know, the American, you
make more money probably I don't know what the money.

Speaker 1 (17:40):
You guys remember when David Beckham announced he was going
to play in the MLS many years ago, and it
was treated as if like this will give us the
We're going to take the lead and become the soccer capital.
Because of David Beckham and knowing nothing about the sports specifically,
I don't feel like he really was able to to
have that big impact.

Speaker 3 (17:58):
I think Americans knew more from the belly tattoos and
the underwear commercials than actually playing and his wife too,
Yeah exactly. Yeah, but most of the girl, most of
the women in this country were like, oh my yeah
with the underwear commercial in the super Bowl, those.

Speaker 1 (18:11):
Are two really hot people that that that united uh
and and had a lot of fans, that's for sure. Yeah,
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