WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:01.840 Seven o five here Kentucky and it's Morning News with 2 00:00:01.879 --> 00:00:04.879 Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty WHAS. Don't forget 3 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:06.559 you could take us with you wherever you go. Listen 4 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:10.720 live on the iHeartRadio app. Also listen live at WHAS 5 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:13.759 dot com. It is Friday. Happy Friday, everybody, and because 6 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:15.919 it's Friday, we are once again joined by L and 7 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:19.359 PD spokesman Dwight Mitchell. And also we've got Scott Fitzgerald 8 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:21.000 in the saddle with us as well. Dwight, how are 9 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:22.399 we doing. Happy Friday, sir. 10 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:24.399 Well, Happy Friday to the both of you all. It's 11 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:26.800 always a pleasure to see you all. And it's a 12 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:28.760 new way, new day. I'm coming in the studio. 13 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:29.399 I like it. 14 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:31.359 I like the I like interviews where I get a 15 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:33.600 chance to, you know, have some face to FaceTime. It's 16 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:36.240 it's better for the product that is radio and I'm 17 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:37.520 not as used to it. So I thank you for 18 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:39.679 giving us some of your time, man, I really appreciate it. 19 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:41.880 Well, thank you back. How about it? 20 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:45.280 So we'll start with the pride parade that is that 21 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:49.280 is planned this weekend. Obviously that'll lead to some road closures. 22 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:51.359 What can you tell us about what's expected this weekend. 23 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:53.000 Well, what I'm going to do is not tell you 24 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:54.479 a whole lot about it other than to go to 25 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:55.840 our social media page. 26 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:58.000 Okay, and all of those that's easy, all the road. 27 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:01.359 Closures that will be in the air area, and that's 28 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:03.119 the best way to do that. And that, you know, 29 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.319 if you're participating in parade or I want to be 30 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:08.159 a spectator, certainly you want to know all the routes 31 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:10.040 that are taking place so you won't be delayed. 32 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:11.879 You've you've been doing this a long time. I don't 33 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:13.280 want to make you sound like an old guy, but 34 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.680 you but a lot of things have changed in life 35 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:20.159 during your time with LMPD, and technology is certainly one 36 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:23.280 of it. One of those things. I'm assuming that that 37 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:26.760 social media just the Internet, but really social media, because 38 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:28.760 everybody's active on one of the platforms. You guys are 39 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:31.120 on all the social media platforms. That's a really good 40 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:31.959 resource for you. 41 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:32.439 Guys, right. 42 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.840 Yes, it's another way for us to reach and get 43 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:36.760 our message out. You know, for many years we had 44 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:39.120 to do that through the traditional media, which which still 45 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:42.920 do but obviously most people get their news now through 46 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:44.680 social media. I think I heard you say that. 47 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:46.079 Kind of a scary thing to think about. 48 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:49.439 But yeah, yes, but it's a fact. 49 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.480 And I subscribed to the philosophy that you either got 50 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:55.879 to adapt to advance. 51 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:57.079 And oh yeah, the. 52 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.239 Reason why we don't have dinosaurs today because they never 53 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:00.760 adapted to the vegetation. 54 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:02.280 So I don't want to be a dinosaur. 55 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:06.040 So does social media help you in policing as well 56 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:08.319 when you have events like this or what we saw 57 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:11.039 with maybe the riots that I want to say riots, 58 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:13.800 but the protests that we had, do you guys get 59 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:16.120 in in learn a lot from social media. 60 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:19.240 You know, we're trying to bob like everyone else and 61 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:21.319 trying to figure out this whole thing. And yes, we 62 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:25.360 use social media quite a bit again to get our 63 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:27.319 message out, to get more out to people again, because 64 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:29.080 that's the way people are receiving news. No longer do 65 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:31.719 you have to wait until six o'clock in the evening. 66 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:33.639 Or o'clock and night to get the constant thing this 67 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:35.919 twenty four hours a day. You can thank Ted Turner 68 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:36.280 for that. 69 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:39.639 But you you could probably if you have folks that 70 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:41.759 are trained to do this, that maybe follow some folks 71 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:44.599 that don't have such good intentions and maybe start connecting. 72 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.039 Then you guys use it for an investigative. 73 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.800 Purpose, yes, certainly, yeah, I mean yeah, yeah, yes, I 74 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:53.319 mean I would I would imagine that that. There's been 75 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:56.759 many investigations where social media played a big role in 76 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:00.680 determining what happened. So it's useful in ever ways, and 77 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:04.919 it can be obviously, it could be something used against 78 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:06.599 folks who are out here doing things they shouldn't do 79 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:09.000 and not being mindful of the receipts they leave in 80 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:09.919 the digital world. 81 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:12.800 Right absolutely, and it never goes it's always on the clouds. 82 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.439 So yes, it's all good, no doubt about it. All right, 83 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:18.280 So I understand you guys have a detective that is 84 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:21.759 looking into a thirty nine year old cold case that 85 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:25.199 was a rape that took place. Thirty nine years is 86 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:27.280 a long time. Tell us a little bit about sort 87 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:28.400 of where you guys are with that. 88 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:33.759 Well, actually, last Friday, which was June the thirteenth, and 89 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:37.560 was Friday thirteenth, and thirty nine years ago last Friday 90 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.120 that was also June the thirteenth. This is the reason 91 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:44.199 why we did that. The rape occurred here in Louisville. 92 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:47.080 What happened was there was a lady who was out 93 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:50.039 with some of her friends over in Jeffersonville, Indiana. They 94 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:52.199 had been out she was going home. She was stopping 95 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:56.280 at a Save a Step store to get a drink 96 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:58.599 for a husband or something to that before she went home. 97 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:02.439 The store was closed, and as she was exiting the 98 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:06.960 parking lot of that place, two black males came up 99 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:08.919 to her. She said she felt a gun barrel on 100 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.199 the left side of her head. They forced her back 101 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:14.759 into a car and they drove over to Louisville across 102 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:17.639 the Big Ward. She was raped multiple times in different 103 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.439 locations throughout Louisville, and we believe some of them may 104 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:24.519 have taken over with the old Codder Home Southwick area 105 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:26.480 around thirty second and Young at that time was a 106 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:29.920 very notorious corner for that type of activity or drugs 107 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:33.160 and things of that nature. She had the word with 108 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:36.279 them at that point to. 109 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:38.600 Get some very good information that she gave to. 110 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:42.000 The detectors back then with the Louisville Police Department, who 111 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:44.759 those detectives worked their case very well that I'm told 112 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:48.240 even for that time, rape Kipt was done over in 113 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:49.439 Clarksville because she. 114 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.399 Had the world with her to get back over. 115 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:54.120 The bridge over through the Germon Minton Bridge and was 116 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.439 able to contact authorities over there and we worked the 117 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:57.879 case together for a couple of years and then the 118 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:02.839 Louisville Police Department at that time took the case over. Unfortunately, 119 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:07.839 the lady about a year ago was hearing about technology 120 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:11.680 that now has with red cases and she called our 121 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:16.160 Office of Sexual and Physical Investigations Unit, which was called 122 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:21.279 ASPIE and Detective Wendy Atkins who works for us. She's 123 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:24.759 a civilian, but she does is an investigator in cold 124 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:28.759 cases along with the state trooper who is a retired 125 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:33.040 State troopers come back to work cold rapes specifically to 126 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:33.480 do that. 127 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:37.879 So after thirty nine years, this woman who's lived a 128 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:38.959 good life but. 129 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.439 Lives with a horror every course of these two individuals 130 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:43.240 who still may be walking in the streets now that 131 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:46.040 was thirty nine years ago. They may still be alive, 132 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:48.480 and they may not be. But the point of the 133 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.199 matter is, even though she's gone on with her life, 134 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:53.519 it's still that lingering thing there where you want these 135 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.480 people to pay up for what they did. 136 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:58.319 And that's where we are today. 137 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:01.480 Well, I think it wouldn't have been a shock if 138 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:04.839 this individual or maybe others that had something like this 139 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.120 happen that, of course they live with probably every day. 140 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:09.600 I mean, they're a victim. It's not something you just 141 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:11.639 ever get over. You learn to deal with it as 142 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:15.759 best you can. Easier said than done. Had she been 143 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:18.079 aware of technology and just decided I don't want to 144 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.839 go down this path again, I'm in a good place. 145 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.279 I don't want to revisit something that was so traumatic 146 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:26.160 that wouldn't really be a surprise. But I'm happy to 147 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.639 hear that. You know, despite living a good life now, 148 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:30.839 they still want justice and want to know, even if 149 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:33.040 it is somebody that may not be with us anymore, 150 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:36.000 or maybe incarcerat or whatever it may be. I can 151 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:37.839 certainly not relate to that situation at all, but I 152 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:41.800 do understand wanting to just least have some aspect of closure. 153 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:46.360 Absolutely, because here's the thing where, even if we don't 154 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.920 catch these people, the fact that she's come forward, it 155 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:55.120 may help someone else who has happened to more. Currently, 156 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:58.600 you know, I think we have about three thousand code 157 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:02.160 cases of rate that we have just with the little 158 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.279 Metro Police department. Those are just the ones that report it. 159 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:08.360 Because it's one of the most unreported crimes. 160 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:09.680 That we have that braks should take place. 161 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.759 So we're hoping that getting the message out also brings 162 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.920 some people for what that this has happened to that 163 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.560 we can get on it and hopefully, you know, I 164 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.079 don't like to necessarily use the term bring justice, but 165 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.439 just to get the right thing done, sure, and for 166 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:23.959 people to pay for the crimes that they. 167 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.120 And know that your you know, law enforcement, your team, 168 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:29.360 You're here to help in every way you can. And 169 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:32.839 I'm sure there are some that may never get the 170 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:36.319 closure or the justice that they want, but the role 171 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:39.759 that law enforcement plays throughout, I mean, it's a strong thing. 172 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.399 I'm sure there's many that have worked tirelessly to help 173 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.560 someone get something they weren't able to get, which is closure, 174 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:48.839 justice whatever that maybe both, But yet they've developed a 175 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:53.240 relationship with somebody who's working tirelessly to help them, and 176 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:56.680 that alone can be a big step and being better 177 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:58.959 to being better able to deal with something that's so traumatic. 178 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:02.360 You hit it right on the head because detective Vatricans 179 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:06.000 and the victim actually have stuck struck up a friendship. 180 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:08.240 As a result of them all. And you know, and 181 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:09.480 that's great too. 182 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.439 In this bridge and a gap with the community that 183 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:15.600 we all are trying to do. You know, I look 184 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:17.439 at it all the time and I think what our 185 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:22.000 goal is. It's just to protect people and protect their 186 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:25.360 constitutional rights. We're going to make this real simple. That's 187 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:30.079 what law Enforce Sure is. Ultimately, it's not all the 188 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.879 other flowery things we like to put in it. Uh, 189 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:35.639 but that's what we're here to do. And you know, 190 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.200 we all live and work in this community, have families, 191 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.360 you know, have children, have mothers and fathers, and sisters 192 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:45.399 and brothers, aunties and uncles, Lottie, Dottie and everybody. 193 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:46.840 We've got all of that. 194 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:50.200 And so you know that's our ultimate goal is to 195 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.120 do that and to make Louisville a much safer place. 196 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:55.519 Every day we try to do that. Good stuff. 197 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:57.759 Thank you as always for stopping in Dwight, hope to 198 00:08:57.879 --> 00:08:58.840 hope to do it every week. 199 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.159 That's good stuff. With the creek don't rise and Lord, 200 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.720 don't call me, well said. 201 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.039 It's Mike Mitchell, LLMPD spokesmen joining us here on news 202 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.120 radio eight forty whas. We'll get a check of Travick 203 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:10.759 in weather coming up right here right now on news 204 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:12.240 radio eight forty whas. 205 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:14.559 Thank you John. 206 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:16.759 It is seven thirty five here Kentucky, his morning news 207 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:20.559 with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas, thanks 208 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.720 for joining us here on a Friday morning. However you're 209 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:26.799 listening wherever you're listening, We certainly do appreciate it. I 210 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:28.919 mean I appreciate it. I can't speak for John Alden. 211 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.440 I think he appreciates it too, right, Oh, absolutely good, 212 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:33.360 that's what I want to hear. All Right, So here's 213 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:39.039 the latest on the ongoing I guess situation. 214 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:40.320 That's the best way to put it. 215 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:45.679 So, the Iran and Israel situation is there really hadn't 216 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:47.480 been a whole lot of change as far as those 217 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:51.519 two sides of it. But America's involvement, meaning Donald Trump, 218 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:53.240 what is he going to decide to do. Here's what 219 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:56.159 we now know that when it comes to a decision 220 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:00.320 on attacking Iran or not, we've got roughly two weeks 221 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:02.759 until we will I guess within the next two weeks 222 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.279 is when we're going to find out if action will 223 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:07.120 be taken place by America or not. 224 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:10.240 I have a message directly from the President and I quote, 225 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.639 based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of 226 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:16.879 negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran 227 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.919 in the near future. I will make my decision whether 228 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.600 or not to go within the next two weeks. 229 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:26.240 So again, from I guess yesterday until two weeks from then, 230 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:30.120 that's the timeline. Maybe I am basing this a little 231 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:33.840 bit off of Donald Trump and just sort of his style, 232 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:37.240 his brand, his personality. I mean, we all know who 233 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.240 I'm talking about here, Donald Trump. I would if I 234 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:41.000 had to wager, I would say that there's a better 235 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:45.120 chance we get a decision closer to yesterday than two 236 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:47.519 weeks from then. But we shall see. Coming up at 237 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:49.919 eight thirty, we'll talk to Rory O'Neil of NBC News 238 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.080 and get his thoughts on the latest here. Because when 239 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:57.840 it comes to a peaceful resolution here, yesterday I think 240 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.879 was in my opinion, just mine, I took it as 241 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.879 a real big step in the direction of this thing 242 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:09.559 ending in a more peaceful in a more peaceful situation. 243 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:12.519 Then of course the other side of that, which is 244 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:15.360 not peaceful and a potential, you know, world War three 245 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.080 type of situation. So again, if you are somebody that 246 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.440 wants to avoid that, which I am, and I'm assuming 247 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:23.039 a lot of people are, I think yesterday was a 248 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:27.120 good step in that direction. Also, Trump did, I guess, 249 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:31.559 kind of contradict himself slightly yesterday because there was a 250 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:34.960 report that the Wall Street Journals report that Trump had 251 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.879 signed off on the plans but hadn't given the full 252 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:38.480 green light. 253 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:40.480 That was disputed. 254 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.919 But then as the day moved forward, it does seem 255 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:45.799 as if they do decide to take action in the 256 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:48.879 next two weeks, they certainly know what it is that 257 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:52.200 they're going to do. So again, we'll talk to Rory 258 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:55.639 O'Neil coming up here at about eight thirty to get 259 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:59.000 more on that. Something else to monitor that is a 260 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:05.080 potential cyber attack that could involve more Americans maybe than 261 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:07.679 we've ever seen when it comes to that kind of thing. 262 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:12.039 There's a CIA hacker that has warned the United States 263 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:17.919 that there's going to be a massive cyber attack from Iran. Iran, Iran. 264 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:20.639 I'll get it right one point within the next thirty days. 265 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.919 And just given the current situation, right the temperature between 266 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:29.000 the two sides here Iran and of course the United 267 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:33.279 States really just Donald Trump mostly, this wouldn't shock me 268 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:35.399 if this does happen. It ended up being one that 269 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:38.480 will be remembered for a long time, just because it's 270 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:42.679 a contentious situation right now. Also, something that is worth 271 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:44.440 mentioned when it comes to the ice raids that are 272 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:49.519 still taking place across the country, there is the Appeals 273 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:53.320 Court judge did let Trump keep control over the National 274 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.799 Guard troops that have been deployed to Los Angeles. So 275 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:59.960 that has been a back and forth battle state control, 276 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:03.279 government control at the top from the national level, and 277 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:07.799 the Appeals Court does still give that give that control 278 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:12.360 to Trump. Maybe it's just because of how how much 279 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:15.240 the Iran Israel situation has been in the news. It 280 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.080 doesn't seem as if there has been It hasn't been 281 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.679 as I guess contentious with the with the ice rates. However, 282 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:23.960 let's be real with ourselves. It's still happening every day 283 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:28.159 across the country. And there was a a I guess 284 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:31.080 he said, she said situation because the La Dodgers did 285 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:34.960 put out a tweet yesterday claiming that Ice was wanting 286 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.720 to show up and and and I guess just hang 287 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:40.639 out in the parking lot and try to catch people 288 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:43.120 who are there illegally, and and and do what they've 289 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.519 been doing, right finding illegals regardless of their situation, whether 290 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.240 it be criminals or not. They want to get people 291 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.399 out of this country that are not here, that are 292 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:53.759 not here in a legal way, so they declined to 293 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:55.679 let them do that, according to the Dodgers. Well then 294 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:59.600 ICE then responded saying that basically fake news. That's that's 295 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:02.639 not the case, and that you know they weren't they 296 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:05.159 weren't there. In fact, yeah, this is the Dodger Street says. 297 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.159 This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium in requested 298 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.120 permission to access the parking lots. They were to not 299 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.879 entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight's game will 300 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:14.120 be played as scheduled. That was yesterday afternoon. And then 301 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:17.759 the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Twitter account ICE gov 302 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:21.080 is what they're at on x they responded with false 303 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:23.720 we were never there, So it's a he said, she said, 304 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:25.919 that's that's just we had a lot more of that 305 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.320 going on than we've ever had. It seems like, all right, 306 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:30.519 we've got traffick and weather coming your way in just 307 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:32.759 a moment. Also, I want to get to this story 308 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:37.639 about the special needs child that was sexually assaulted on 309 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:39.559 a school bus. That lawsuit that's out there. 310 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:40.879 I've got some. 311 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.919 Thoughts on that. Not something that you know, I would 312 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:45.279 want to talk about as a special needs parent, but 313 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:48.159 certainly something we need to get to. So stick with 314 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:49.720 us right here on Kentucky and it's morning news on 315 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:54.200 News ready to eight forty whas. So, there's now a 316 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.919 second child, a seven year old special needs student that 317 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:01.159 has alleged sexual abuse by an eighth grade student, also 318 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:04.120 a special needs on a Greater Clark County school bus. 319 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:06.759 This took place last spring. Again, it's the second incident, 320 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:11.840 and it was the New Washington Schools the school system, 321 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:16.120 and the incident was captured on surveillance video and obviously 322 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.200 that's an awful story and situation all the way around. 323 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:22.159 And the attorney that is representing the family here the 324 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:26.279 victims claimed that a distracted bus monitor failed to intervene. 325 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.240 So this is and for those who don't know this 326 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.399 about me, and I'm not gonna I'm not gonna spend 327 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:33.879 a whole lot of time on it because I don't 328 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:36.919 want to and probably wouldn't be able to. So I 329 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.720 have a my daughter is special needs. She's autistic, and 330 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:44.159 she is she is intellectually disabled. That's probably the best 331 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:45.759 way to describe it. So for those who don't really 332 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.000 know exactly what that looks like. And again, everybody's situation 333 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:50.720 is different. Imagine a nine year old who from an 334 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:55.720 intellectual standpoint, is closer to three years old. That's sort 335 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:58.519 of the situation. So this story, of course, has been 336 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:01.519 in the news everywhere locally for obvious reasons. 337 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:02.080 It's news. 338 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:07.200 But any time it's been on the television or it's 339 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:11.080 been on my feed online, I either quickly scroll away 340 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.360 from it, or put my phone down or I change 341 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:16.399 the station, just because these kind of things just I 342 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:19.919 can't describe and probably would never be able to describe, 343 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:23.720 like the feeling in my stomach whenever I just hear 344 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:27.080 of these kind of things that take place, and when 345 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:31.480 when these kind of despicable things happen, like a terrible 346 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:35.320 crime being perpetrated by somebody who is a child, not 347 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:37.519 a grown adult, and also a child that I believe 348 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:41.919 is special needs as well, there's I believe, from society, 349 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:45.840 this desperation to find out like who ultimately needs to 350 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:48.320 be blamed for this, who can we point the finger at? 351 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:53.039 And sometimes that's not fair. Obviously, parents are responsible for 352 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:57.600 their children, but there may be situations that they can 353 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:01.240 simply not avoid It's just tough to know. But in 354 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.359 situations like this, I'll just be honest with you, right 355 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:06.880 or wrong. My first instinct, without really giving it much thought, 356 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:10.240 just instinctually, my thought is to blame the school system 357 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:14.119 for not monitoring, not keeping an eye on those who 358 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:18.279 are helpless and vulnerable and end up in situations like that. 359 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:21.759 And clearly there's a lawsuit here for a reason, and 360 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:25.000 if this lawsuit ends up being successful from these victims, 361 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:26.559 I won't be surprised by any means or if there's 362 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:29.000 some type of settlement. But when it comes to the 363 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.160 school system, it's also unfair of me because I don't 364 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.839 have enough information to really know how this happened, what 365 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:39.240 preventative measures should should have been in place to prevent it. 366 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:43.559 I don't know, I'll admit, like you know, clearly I 367 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.960 want to point the finger at the school, and most 368 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:47.559 are doing it, and certainly they are responsible for keeping 369 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:51.319 your children safe and having things in place to where 370 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:54.160 this doesn't happen. But it does sometimes and it's awful, 371 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:57.920 and you know, maybe there are other factors that you 372 00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:59.960 know we should be pointing the finger at, or maybe 373 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:03.400 this is just the latest reminder that you know, despite 374 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.240 not reaching uh the legal age of being an adult, 375 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:10.279 you know you can still you can still know right 376 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:13.559 from wrong and and do awful things. And again with 377 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:18.559 this situation, if in fact, the the the I guess 378 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.279 perpetrator here is also special needs, that's just a different 379 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:24.920 element of that's a different element of unknown. As far 380 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:27.920 as gosh, this is so bad, I just I and 381 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:29.480 I don't. I'm not speaking for myself here, but I 382 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:32.079 just know there's there's there's many that just want so 383 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:35.599 desperately to know who we can hold accountable and and 384 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:37.240 you know, make sure it never happens again. And you 385 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.559 always want to find ways to prevent these things from happening, 386 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:43.200 but sometimes they do, and it's awful. And as somebody 387 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:48.359 who I cannot imagine, cannot imagine being the parents of 388 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:54.279 these children, I mean, I it, I can't, so I can't. 389 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:59.119 I won't try to put myself in their shoes. But maybe, 390 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:02.720 just maybe there's this, Maybe you can find some peace 391 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:04.680 knowing that you know somebody will be held accountable and 392 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.680 you will be compensated for all the pain and suffering 393 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:10.039 that everybody went through. But I just I learned long 394 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:13.799 ago that sometimes awful things happen, and yes there are 395 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:16.519 people responsible, but sometimes it's not easy to just know 396 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:19.759 what the root causes of things like this. So I'm 397 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:22.400 sure we'll find out more as this lawsuit proceeds. Maybe 398 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:25.240 there'll be a settlement, maybe not. But yeah, just a 399 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:31.920 tragic situation. And again from my perspective personally, I don't 400 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:35.319 think I'll ever see those stories and whatnot and not 401 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:39.720