10.29: Parking Lot - Hour 2

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is Coffee and Company with you here on a
Wednesday morning, six oh five at news Radio eight forty
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now that I never will. So again, a lot of
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I mean you don't have to, but you should. I
can tell you that, all right. So we now have
a lot more details when it comes to what happened
on Monday morning with the officer involved shooting. That's how
we started our week, folks, an officer involved shooting that
now we know it is. It's a situation that resulted

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in two people being dead and an officer having to
use necessary means to do what they're supposed to do,
and of course that led to there being now second victim.
So it was two am on Monday morning at Newburgh Road.
His officers responded to reports of a woman who'd been shot,
and we now know it was during her son's birthday party.

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What I don't know is how old was her son
from what i've from what I understand, and when you
consider the timing, this wasn't a young child. I wouldn't assume.
But that's one specific detail that it doesn't look as
if we have all the info there. But what we
do know is when the police arrived, they were approached
by a twenty year old man by the name of

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Frank Aguilar who was holding a gun. He was ordered
to drop his weapon, but police say continued walking toward
them with the gun raised, and the officer we now
know the identity Hunter Weaver, who's been with LMPD since
twenty twenty three works in the sixth Division. He fired
his weapon, hitting Aguilar. That man later from those injuries.
And the woman who was originally shot, she died yesterday.

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In fact, it might have been Monday, later in the
day whenever they announced that she had passed away. But
Tiffany Reiner is the victim, and she passed away after
after many I guess attempts to to to try to
save her life, but eventually she she did pass. So
two victims and just an overall awful situation, I mean,

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just just terrible all the way around. I mean, you've
got an officer two years on the job, a young
officer that is walking into total chaos and having to
to take action.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
You got two.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Families, I'm sure wrecked forever where a mother celebrating her
son's birthday.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
She's dead.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
And the suspect who had shot shot the woman initially,
he's dead.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
And you know, one of the.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Things that that that that I that I found myself
considering more so than I used to, is the impact
this does to just everybody involved, every layer. It would
be a stretch to call the officer a victim in
this because he signed up for the job. This is

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something you know that can happen, but it is a
rare thing and you really have no way of knowing
what it can do to you until you're in that situation.
And the reality is most law enforcement officers are never
in this situation in any moment.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
You can be.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
I'm sure there are many officers that have been in
the situation multiple times in their career, but it's still
a rare thing that you just don't know how you're
going to react when you're in that situation. Despite getting
training before, you find yourself potentially in said situation and
you don't really know what the impact is going to
have on you. So just a awful situation. The bodycam footage, again,

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it'll be available. The policy is ten days after the
shooting takes place, so ten business days, I should say.
So eventually we will see the body cam footage, and
it's something that I'm sure many will want to see.
Maybe that makes me a sicko, but I also will
will watch just because I'm curious to see how how

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these type of situations play out. Now, again, it'll get
way more attention if in fact there's some controversy, Right,
if in fact there's there, and I guess people can
watch whatever what, they can watch anything and find a
way to just tell themselves they've seen something the way
they want to see it.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
We know.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
That's that's that's a real issue. But it'll get more
attention if in fact there's controversy to where maybe the
officer did something wrong, and uh, if in fact he's
just doing what he has to do and it's clear
that he was had to take action and fire a shot,
I mean, it probably will get ignored, not ignored, but
he just won't get the same level of attention. And

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that's just how that's just that's There's a lot of
layers to that. But what I'm getting at is this
is like when you sign up and you decide to
pursue a career as a police officer in law enforcement
in any way again, you know going in this could happen.
So to say that this officer is a victim in
a way that these these other two are in the

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families of these individuals, that's that's that's a big stretch. However,
I'd like to believe and I think this is this
is this is fact, not opinion. The vast majority ninety
nine point nine percent maybe of those that sign up
and pursue a career as a police officer. They don't

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do it because they want to be in a situation
where they could take somebody's life.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
But it happens.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
It's part of the job, and signing up for that
is a big, big task, it's a big responsibility. It's heavy,
if you know what I mean. So this young officer
two years on the job, I'm sure he's well aware
that this could happen when you, you know, you get
in this line of work. But what it can do
to you is not just another day on the job.

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It's not just something you know, well, had a real
stressful day at work, boss was really on me about
making budget, that kind of or whatever. Whatever type of
situation could be stressful in your daily job, it's much
different situation that can have an impact on you that
you would never know until you are inset situation. So again,
just a just an awful story all the way around.

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A birthday party, a moment of celebration ends up in
two people dead. All right, we got traving to weather
updates on the way, So stick around. I mean you
should stick around for more than that. I mean, we're
gonna we're gonna do what we always do. We're gonna
keep you entertained, keep you informed, and if if you
choose not to stay with us, I mean, that's that's

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your choice, but you'll regret it, I believe, at least,
don't want to believe that. All right, don't go anywhere.
Keep it locked right here on news Radio eight forty whas.

Speaker 2 (06:51):
I swear.

Speaker 1 (06:52):
Every time I go to one of the local news
sites or just scroll in social media, I see a
new story about big layoffs, which is frightening, of course,
And there are big layoffs going on for Amazon, and
it may be their biggest layoff ever. So this yeah,
it's the largest round of layoffs in company history. It's

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a massive corporate downsizing that will begin. In fact, I
think it began earlier this week, and we're talking tens
of thousands of employees across multiple divisions. Up to thirty
thousand corporate jobs are going to be cut starting Tuesday,
and it's going to affect nearly ten percent of Amazon's
corporate workforce. So layoffs are going to reach across every division,

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seemingly HR Devices and Services, Operations, Logistics, payments, video games,
which I didn't even know that was the thing for them,
and then the AWS, which is the Amazon Web Services.
So they're trimming every department and making these cuts and
it's going to impact the I mean just the amount

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of people here. I mean, Amazon employees a ton of people.
That goes without saying one of the biggest companies in
the world. So the CEO says that this is correcting
an issue, a mistake really that they made when they
over hired during the pandemic, and they're now aiming to
streamline operations and reduce costs. And I'm sure that's not

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the only reason, but it does make sense that you
would have over hiring during that time just because of
what we were going through during the pandemic. And really
no end no, I mean, there was nothing to compare
it to as far as what life is like after
and at the time, which it sounds hilarious to say now,
but like is how much longer do we have? I mean,
it was a really just the uncertainty of that entire

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ordeal was really the worst of it. Because in the end,
I mean, if you don't think we overreacted, I mean,
I don't know what to tell you. Also, I think
overreacting at times and certain instances made sense because you
don't know. That's one thing that I did really appreciate
appreciate about Andy Basheer's approach. I think at times maybe
he was a little too cautious, and I think sometimes

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he did go a little overboard as far as threatening
people going to church that they were going to get arrested.

Speaker 2 (09:10):
But he would at least.

Speaker 1 (09:12):
Be transparent that they're making decisions. And I'm sure he
didn't use the word guessing, but that's what they were doing.
You don't have any trial and error, you don't have
any previous situation to compare it to as far as
what to do when it comes to restrictions that kind
of stuff. So again, it makes sense for Amazon to
realize years later that they overhired. So this surpasses a

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layoff they had in twenty twenty two that was twenty
seven thousand employees. Again, this one will impact up to
thirty thousand. So employees are going to receive layoff notifications
via email throughout the week, which, man, what a tough
spot to be in as far as just knowing in
any moment when you get an email.

Speaker 2 (09:51):
It could be that this's got to be a better
way to do that than finding out via email they
turn their key cards off.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
Yeah, but then again, I mean that would be it'd
be one way, but like right now, any if you
are somebody that knows that your department, again, every department
seems to have an have cuts to an extent. So
I mean, as somebody who is paranoid in general, I
overthink things way too often. Any little thing like if

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if my boss, you know, didn't say something to me
was I walked in, I might think, well, I guess
that's the sign he's already worried. He's gonna have to
can me today. Like you know, so just riding out
the storm of these layoffs and seeing if you can.

Speaker 2 (10:36):
Survive it is is tough.

Speaker 1 (10:38):
Now again, surviving it is is what you hope for.
But also, you know, give a little survivor's guilt too,
I'm sure. So again hate that for a lot of
folks losing their gig, and I criticize the way and
doing it via email, but also when you're talking about
thirty thousand people, this this, I would say, is clearly
the most effective way to do it, and it's probably

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consistent right regardless of where you stand in the chain
of command at Amazon. You're getting an email or you're not.
All right, We've got traffic of weather updates on the
way again a wet Wednesday to get started here, so
be advised, and we'll get traffic updates throughout the morning
and also a sports updates coming up next right here
our news radioate forty whas. When we've talked about JCPS,

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more often than not, it's not been for good reason.
I try my best to make sure and reiterate that
the issues they have, it's certainly, I mean, somebody's got
to be accountable, But you know, the students, the teachers,
I mean, it's not their fault. And I would assume
that you know, they're they're they're in the dark on

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a lot of this stuff, right, and they have no
control over it. And we need more than ever to
encourage people to get into the profession of teaching because.

Speaker 2 (11:51):
There's a real shortage everywhere. And I get it.

Speaker 1 (11:55):
I think it right now appears to be a very
thankless profession. And those that do it, I assume just
do it because they they're Look, you can make a
good living, you can make a comfortable living, I should say,
and you get summers.

Speaker 2 (12:07):
Off there's some perks to it, but also at what.

Speaker 1 (12:10):
Point does it outweigh the issues you deal with when
it comes to just kids and parents now being I think,
way different than they used to be as far as
just assuming that you're picking on their kid, and not
everybody's that way, I'm sure, but still I want to
be clear when we talk about the JCPS issues that
they face. Some of it is I mean, somebody's accountable,

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no doubt about that, But those who wake up every
morning and start their day, is there on their way
to go work as a teacher or an administrator or
just I mean, I don't want it to appear as
if I'm taking any shot at them, which I would
assume that would be pretty obvious, but you never really know.
But what I do want to do here is talk
about another story that is out there about JCPS that

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is absolutely not anybody's fault within JCPS. It is the
fault of parents. I think, for reasons unknown, we now
just lump certain things into being the fault of entities
that really have zero control over it, like the issue

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we have with violent crime with juveniles in Louisville that
is in no way lmpd's fault. It is the fault
of the parents not being responsible for their kids. And look,
sometimes parents can do everything right and still a kid
that's going to do that, And you know, there's also
always going to be accountability with the child as well,
regardless of age, that they are responsible for their actions.
But somehow there's just been this narrative that violent crime

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committed by children is the fault of law enforcement. I mean,
it's insane if you say it out loud. Well, now, JCPS,
they're dealing with a real issue with truancy. J CPS
has a lot of kids missing school. I mean five
percent increase compared to two years ago, about one third.

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Think of listen to this. One third of students are
still missing around eighteen days or more per year. So
County Attorney Michael Connell, he says his office has reviewed
sixteen thousand truancy referrals and filed criminal charges against more
than thirty parents or guardians. And he's right, And what
he said yesterday, here's the quote. This isn't a JCPS problem,
it's an adult problem. If your kids are not going

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to school, you can be held criminally accountable. Nobody wants
to take it to that extent, I'd say JCPS has
way more important things to worry about than that. But
obviously you need to have your kids going to school.
If not, you will be held accountable. It is your responsibility.
So it's not as if I've seen a whole lot

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of coverage of this, as it's another issue where JCPS
is just inept But I think sometimes we just lump
certain things in with the issues that, of course are
the fault of the organization, the entity that is Jefferson
County Public Schools. So there's a new House bill, and

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that's Bill six point one that says if your kid
has fifteen or more unexcused absences, JCPS has to report you.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
They have to, And.

Speaker 1 (15:13):
It's not just JCPS. I'd say it's any public school
system as far as being a bill, but they've already
sent out this is a staggering number. Four point five
million attendance text messages trying to get parents' attention before
it gets to that point, but I'm sure many parents
just ignore it. So if you see the coverage, it's

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for good reason, and it should be a wake up call.
Parents should be paying attention knowing that if you end
up having your kid miss a certain amount of days,
the text messages stop and then you end up probably
getting a phone call or maybe a visit that would
certainly scare you straight. Now if it doesn't, then you

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got bigger issues. And I'm aware that some parents probably
know that their kid misses school and they try their
best to avoid it. It's just when you get to
a certain age as a teenager, maybe even you know,
I would hope not before the age of being a teenager.
But kids, kids are gonna run off and do what
they want and not listen to their parents. I mean,

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that's that's been a that's been a thing for forever, right,
I mean, kids have always at times not behaved and
not listen to parents. But you have to hold your
kids accountable to where they know that they need to
fall in line and if not, there's going to be consequence.
And now we're at a point where the parents have
to get the same level of discipline. You need to

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take care of your kids or we're gonna have to
punish you. It's just again, I'm sure there are many
examples of parents that know their kids missing school and
they're doing everything they can to keep that from happening.
But at that point, you know, maybe, I mean, I
don't really know what you would do at that point
as far as charging a kid, because again the parents responsible.

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But just just be if you, if you, if those
absent days at school start start adding up to a
certain extent, you're gonna you're gonna you're gonna learn the
hard way that that that that you're responsible for making sure.

Speaker 2 (17:13):
Your kids at school. All right, A quick update of
trapping weather on the way.

Speaker 1 (17:15):
Also a lot more to get into, including a big
time data breach that is scary when it comes to
just the amount of accounts when it comes to Gmail,
that kind of stuff that hackers have gotten access to.
So we'll talk about that next right here our news
radio eight forty whas so earlier this morning, we shared
a story of monkeys on the loose in Mississippi that

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are a real, a real danger because they have HEPSI,
COVID and something else herpes. So that's a frightening story.
This is also frightening, but for a different reason. Cybersecurity
researchers have uncovered that they've now seen one of the
biggest password leaks ever in the history of the Internet,

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over one hundred and eighty three million email logins are
floating around the Internet, and a ton of them are
tied to Gmail, which of course is the most popular
email platform that people use. So before you go change
in your your passwords and all that. Gmail itself was
not hacked. So this is something that is called an

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infostealer malware tool that essentially as a software that sneaks
onto your computer, grabs all your logins, informations and ships
it off to the hackers to then put it on
the on the dark web. So think of it like
a digital pickpocket living in your laptop, and most computers

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I would assume come with some type of security. Actually
it's probably like a trial that you then have to
pay for, but it's worth it if you've ever had
your your info stolen because of malware. Malware is a sneaky, tricky,
but dangerous infection that can that can get on your devices,
your computers and really wreck havoc. But the crazy part

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is the leak is three point five terabytes of stolen data.
That's twenty three billion loggin records insanity. So some of
it's recycled from old breaches right different big time hacks
that have taken place they just put it all into,
I guess a big pool. So millions of us, maybe

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you and I both right now, have our active passwords
still out there and that's why you should update your
password every so often. I procrastinate in doing it, but
it is stories like this that remind me, oh yeah,
better better safe than sorry. Now Google has responded by
saying that a Gmail breach reports of that are inaccurate,

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but they're still telling folks to turn on the two
factor authentication and start using pass keys, which if you
use Google Gmail, you know what that is. But I
guess Google's defense is that they didn't get hacked, meaning
the the format, the platform that is Google Gmail, but
doesn't mean that people can't get access to the information
that people use to again access Gmail. So if you

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want to check to see if your info's out there,
there's a website to go to. And I was a
little confused as to why this is the website. I
thought it was a typo. But have I been pwn
e d dot com? So think have I been owned?
But replace the O and owned with P and apparently
I mean I'm looking at it right now. It is

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a real website. But the pronounce the the it's pronounced
like owned. But because it originated as a typo for
the word owned in the early I guess world of
trying to counter those who hack and get our information.
I still think it's a pretty foolish. I mean, I'm
not the only one that would see this and think, Okay,
that's a typo, because that makes no sense. Pwn e

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d is not a word. Why not just make it?
Have I been owned in some form or fashion? But
have I been? Pwn e d dot com? You can
go there, enter your information as far as your Gmail
itself and or your email in general, didn't have to
be Gmail, and it'll tell you if you are one
of the lucky or one of the unlucky ones.

Speaker 2 (21:10):
All right, quick update of tracking weather on the way.

Speaker 1 (21:11):
Also another sports update as we round out the six
o'clock hour on a Wednesday right here on news Radio
eight forty whas