WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:00.360 Thank you. 2 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:02.080 John at Is six o five here a Kentucky had 3 00:00:02.120 --> 00:00:05.960 this morning news on news Radio eight forty whas Happy Monday. 4 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:08.839 Let's get another week started here. Hopefully you guys had 5 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:11.279 yourselves a good weekend. I know if you're a Louisville 6 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:14.039 Cardinal fan, the weekend was good for you, because it 7 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:17.839 was it wasn't It didn't come easy. I mean, I 8 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:20.519 felt like they had a pretty good chance meeting Louisville 9 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:23.760 day McDonald and his team to get the second victory 10 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:27.399 on Saturday, but obviously Miami they responded in a really 11 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:29.920 close Game three, and now they have punched their ticket 12 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:34.000 to omahall the sixth appearance in nineteen years, which really 13 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:36.200 speaks to what Daan McDonald's been able to do. Scott 14 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:37.840 has touched on that this morning, and I'm sure we'll 15 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:40.119 continue to talk about it throughout. But a big I 16 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.719 mean baseball here when it comes well postseason baseball in 17 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:47.119 the Louisville area, mostly just when Louisville has hosted in 18 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.679 STUB eight postseason games, there's just a different kind of atmosphere, 19 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:52.280 different kind of vibe. I'm looking here on the screen 20 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.399 right here behind me, our partners over WKY. They're showing 21 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:57.600 some coverage of it, and I mean people can bring 22 00:00:57.679 --> 00:00:59.920 up the average attendance, which is not great for get 23 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.280 games that take place in the regular season, but when 24 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:05.799 they're in that spot, that moment, fans show up in 25 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:08.719 a big way. And I think objectively speaking, you can 26 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:11.840 just tell by watching on television, even if you're not 27 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.319 a Louisville native or a Louisville fan, that there's a 28 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:17.760 real home field advantage there, which it's just nice. This 29 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:19.879 is probably gonna sound corny to some, but you can 30 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.560 tell the players really feeding off of that because the writer, 31 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:25.799 you know, for reasons that we don't need to get 32 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:28.000 into right now, they're not used to having a crowd 33 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:30.799 that big and that juiced. And when there was the 34 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.079 Eddie chance for Eddie King Junior, who had himself a 35 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:36.519 heck of a weekend, like, you can tell they're energized 36 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.560 by that, and it certainly paid off. I don't know 37 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.359 if the fans deserve as much credit as I'm giving them, 38 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:43.280 but certainly a great atmosphere out there at the Jam 39 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:44.040 Patterson Stadium. 40 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:46.359 Well, and that's what I love about baseball, college baseball, 41 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:47.760 because when my son's home, we do go to a 42 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:49.319 lot of the games, and to your point, you can 43 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:51.480 pretty much sit when you go to the non conference games, 44 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.239 even when you go to the paid games, you can 45 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:55.799 sit where you want. And we sometimes we've gone from 46 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.480 sitting down in the field and sitting up so we 47 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.159 can see everything. But when you get in college baseball, 48 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:02.640 is the players chanting. I mean, the players are active 49 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:04.480 in this you hear you know, yak can come from 50 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:08.319 both dugouts, okay, And that transcends into fans. And what 51 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:10.680 we've seen through this College World Series and through the 52 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:14.319 regionals is places like Ole Miss where it's like a 53 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.439 football game and you start getting but you're starting to 54 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:19.159 see that expand now into other schools. And you know, 55 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:20.360 back in the day when you have l Ues to 56 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.080 play africat the name of the field they played at 57 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.360 it was their old field before Paterson. Yeah, you know, 58 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.120 I'm sure there were no fans there either. But now 59 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.000 that you've built this legacy, and then of course you 60 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.280 look to what Kentucky's doing. They build up Kentucky Proud Park, 61 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.360 they get crowds out there. And now Murray State and 62 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:38.919 for some degree we talked about a couple of years ago, 63 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:42.039 the show, Morehead State to a nice little baseball going. 64 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:44.319 And then lest we forget about this school right around 65 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:46.520 the corner, Spalding, who Nick, I know you. 66 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:49.800 Have, Yeah, my cousin, Yeah, my second cousin plays for 67 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:50.680 Spaulding Baseball. 68 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:51.120 Yeah. 69 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:53.280 And so I mean Spaulding's got it going on, both 70 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:55.159 with the softball and the baseball. 71 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:57.800 So I talked a little about a little bit about. 72 00:02:57.560 --> 00:02:59.840 This on Kentucky focused last week on how this area 73 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.520 you can go all the way back to hey, we reached. 74 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:03.960 You can go all the way back to Louisville black 75 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.159 Caps if you want, and take it even further. 76 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.080 But of course, the home of the Louisville. 77 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:11.280 Slugger, the bat, the bat factory. I mean, baseball is 78 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:13.360 a big deal here. Sure, it just doesn't get talked 79 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:16.120 about a lot, understandably so because basketball runs the show here. 80 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:18.479 Basketball horses. I get that, no doubt, and I can't 81 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:18.960 expect that. 82 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.680 It is nice to see that when there are big moments, 83 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:25.000 big opportunities. It seems like the fans and really the 84 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:27.400 city of Louisville look pretty good along the way, not 85 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.039 just not just with what happened over the weekend. Jim 86 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.639 Patterson stadium. But when Mayor Greenberg was in last week, 87 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:34.840 he highlighted something that I didn't forget about. I just 88 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:38.080 wasn't on my mind. But when the Louisville volleyball program exploded, 89 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:40.759 where they've now become a perennial power in the sport, 90 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:42.800 and you've got you had a chance to host here 91 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:45.360 in Louisville some of the NCAA post season volleyball, and 92 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:48.800 I mean the atmosphere looks amazing, I mean see, and 93 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:51.719 it's I don't know how much you truly get from 94 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.039 it as far as value in recognition. That's tough for 95 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:57.840 me to know exactly what the real benefit is, but 96 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:00.520 it certainly can't hurts you. Whenever you've got a chance 97 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:05.919 to have a postseason event like postseason baseball, postseason volleyball 98 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:09.479 in the atmosphere looks like it has looked in most instances, 99 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:11.639 that can go a long way. I mean, you're right 100 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:14.520 when it comes to what really gets the most attention 101 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.160 around here, it's going to be college basketball, horse racing 102 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.680 with the Derby and whatnot. But I kind of feel 103 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:22.279 like it ties in. We've always been known as kind 104 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:24.040 of a big event city. If there's a big event. 105 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.000 It'll be a big deal. There'll be a big lot 106 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:28.000 of people there. Even if you don't follow the sport 107 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:31.040 throughout the entire season, when you get to the postseason, 108 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:32.600 you know it's a big event. It's winter go home, 109 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.399 and Louisville really shows up and shows out. So I 110 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.480 certainly saw that over the weekend of Jim Patterson Stateium. 111 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:38.959 We'll have more on sports with Scott coming up a 112 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.279 little bit later on. In fact, in about fifteen minutes time, 113 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.199 we've got your first update here in the six o'clock 114 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:46.399 hour of traffic and weather on news radioaight forty whas. 115 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:50.480 It is six sixteen here at Kentucky and it's morning 116 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.040 news on news RADIOA forty whas some news from the 117 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:56.399 over the weekend. Former Louisville basketball star I think it's 118 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.800 I think it's fair to call Russ a Louisville legend, 119 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:01.839 considering that he's got his jersey retired. But Russ Smith 120 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:06.000 was arrested for dui and here are the details as 121 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.560 far as what we know about this arrest. He was 122 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:11.240 pulled over after he made an illegal U turn near 123 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:14.480 the intersection of baxterra Avenue and Hyland Avenue. This was 124 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:19.319 just after midnight, according to LMPD, and after he was 125 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:22.959 pulled over, he did admit to drinking alcohol. He claims 126 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:26.920 he had two bourbon pores neat before driving, and the 127 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.040 arrest report indicates that he failed a walk in turn 128 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:32.800 test and swayed once he was asked to step out 129 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:35.959 of the car. So the field sobriety tests that he 130 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:40.000 went through subjective of course with the officer. The officer 131 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.959 did not pass him, but then they did a breathalyzer 132 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:48.920 test and his blood alcohol content was zero point and 133 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:52.560 zero seven to three. The legal limit is zero point 134 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:57.560 zero eight, So he cooperated fully, gave two different samples 135 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:01.519 and was below the legal limits. So a lot of 136 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:04.839 folks saying, well, how can you be arrested and charged 137 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:08.240 with DUI when you're below the legal limits? So technically 138 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:11.879 the Kentucky law allows d u I arrest based on 139 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:16.480 officer discretion if impairment is suspected, even if your blood 140 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:19.360 if your BAC is below the legal limit of zero 141 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:24.480 point zero eight. So the the officer, it's just his, 142 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.600 it's his call up to that point. As far as 143 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:29.800 does he believe that despite being below the legal limit, 144 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:33.480 is he is he is he safe to drive. Now again, 145 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.079 there are some questions that are legitimate questions as far 146 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:39.199 as could he have given him I mean, could he 147 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.160 had somebody come and to pick him up, because technically, 148 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:46.120 although failing the field sobriety tests, he did not actually 149 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.439 blow above or at the legal limit. And that's the 150 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:50.360 question that I don't have the answer to. But one 151 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.160 thing to to to point out here is the connections 152 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:55.480 with the whole Scottie Scheffler thing, which I think it's 153 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:58.680 gonna be a long time before Louisville LMPD sort of. 154 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:01.680 They don't come to mind when it comes to just 155 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:04.399 that Scotty Scheffler in general. I talked about this last week. 156 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:07.120 The more successful that Scotty Scheffler is and the more 157 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:10.879 likable he appears. You know, you might ask man, who 158 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:14.079 wouldn't love this guy? Oh yeah, LMPD because they arrested him, 159 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.959 and the details that came out since then didn't exactly 160 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:19.199 make I don't think, in my opinion, it didn't make 161 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:22.879 LMPD look very good. But nonetheless, there's already been some 162 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:25.959 misinformation I think, being shared about the arresting officer with 163 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:30.040 Russ Smith. There are connections to the Scotti Schefler situation. 164 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.800 But for those that believe that the officer who claimed 165 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.920 that Scotty Schffler ran him over as the same person 166 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:38.600 who pulled Russ Smith over, not the case. So it 167 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:42.759 is Kyle Willis who is the arresting officer, and his 168 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:44.920 connection to the Scottie Schffler thing was that he is 169 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:49.519 the one who had leaked body caimput it, she's a Basically, 170 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.519 it sounds like he's the one who transported Scottie Scheffler 171 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:55.360 to jail. He's not the one who was on site 172 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.040 whenever the situation occurred that led to Scottie Schefler being 173 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.399 put in the back of a cop car. But there 174 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.279 was a leak of cell phone footage maybe it was 175 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:08.800 from Yes, Yes, So LMPD later determined that the body 176 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:12.360 camera footage that originally came from it, it came from 177 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:15.120 Kyle Willis, and he is the officer who read Scheffler 178 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:20.000 his miranda rights initially, and that went on to get investigated, 179 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.759 and this officer Willis was reprimanded by l MPD because 180 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:26.879 of the video being leaked and it ended up, you know, of. 181 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:27.680 Course, going viral. 182 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.360 And so again, if you're somebody who just thinks the 183 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:34.279 same officer that mentioned Scotty Scheffler trying to run him 184 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:37.240 over made a big deal about his pants being ripped, 185 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:40.480 that is not the same person who pulled over Russ Smith. 186 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:45.000 So another connection here is the attorney who represented Scotti Schffler, 187 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:49.679 high profile attorney Steve Romines. I mean, he seemed very interesting, 188 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.720 seemed very open to teeing off on LMPD throughout that 189 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:54.759 entire situation. Not sure if we're going to see the 190 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:56.639 same thing here with the Russ Smith lawsuit. But Russ 191 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:01.120 has hired Steve Romines, who claims that evidence, witnesses and 192 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:05.519 surveillance footage will prove Smith's innocent's asserting quote he did 193 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.919 nothing wrong, So we'll see how this plays out again. 194 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:09.639 I think the big talking point here is that he 195 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:12.279 was pulled over, arrested for DUI taking to jail despite 196 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:14.879 blowing below the legal limit. But to be clear, in 197 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:17.919 that situation, it is it's the officer's discretion and that's 198 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:20.240 what he decided to do. All right, We've got another 199 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:22.120 updated trafficking weather coming your way right here on news 200 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:26.200 radio eight forty whas thank you, John at Is six 201 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.519 thirty five. Here a Kentucky This Morning News on News 202 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.879 Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you, Scott Fitzgerald, 203 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:35.000 John Alden, and John Shannon, who you just heard alongside 204 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:37.600 as we get the week started. Hopefully you guys had 205 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:40.200 yourselves a good weekend. One of the stories that John 206 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:43.720 has mentioned this morning is the crackdown on shoplifting and 207 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:45.799 the mini arrest that took place over the last week 208 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:50.440 with LMPD. I think eighty three arrested, nearly actually eighty 209 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.399 one hundred dollars worth of stolen merchandise recovered. And I've 210 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:58.799 been in stores where I've seen lost prevention have somebody 211 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:02.879 stopped and police are on the way. I've also seen 212 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:06.840 a lot of TikTok videos that show like bodycam footage 213 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:10.440 of somebody getting caught stealing, and that has led to 214 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.320 me meeting the TikTok videos. I kind of sometimes fall 215 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:14.519 in a rabbit hole. I'm like, man, I want to 216 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:16.799 see how this ends, because there'll be like five parts 217 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:22.039 within TikTok that show the loss prevention officer sharing details 218 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:27.240 and evidence with actual law enforcement. And I mean, I'm 219 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:29.879 not a thief, so I can't relate. But when I 220 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:32.960 go to stores like this, I'm never thinking about who's 221 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:35.440 near me who may be stealing, and not that anybody 222 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:37.399 should do that, because you just never know. But it 223 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:39.960 goes on a lot more than I think people realize 224 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.759 as far as just things, that the amount of items 225 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:46.080 to get stolen from these types of stores on a 226 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.600 daily basis, and hence the reason why they're trying to 227 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:51.720 really really crack down on it. And sometimes you'll see 228 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.480 someone gets you know, you'll see somebody stopped, or you'll 229 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:57.320 see somebody with one item and you think, okay, well, 230 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:59.320 I guess they tried to get greedy. I mean there 231 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:02.840 are people who will will actually purchase stuff and then 232 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:06.840 have maybe eight to ten items that they fake scanned 233 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.600 on the on the self checkout. And I'm sure you 234 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:11.360 get away with it enough to where you think you can. 235 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.039 You can always do it and get away with it, 236 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:15.039 and eventually you get caught. But then there are some 237 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.720 there are somewhere they'll end up chasing somebody out of 238 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:22.000 the store, law enforcement will get them, and in their vehicle, 239 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.720 I mean, their entire vehicle is just nothing. I mean, 240 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:26.559 that's just what they do. I guess they just drive 241 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.080 around to different stores and they've got a plan and 242 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:31.440 you know, I'm sure it's it's working well for them, 243 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:32.960 and you know, until they get caught. 244 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.159 Well, and there's you know, there's more amongst the big 245 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:38.360 major retailers. There's a new initiative by them, and sort 246 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:41.000 of their mentality is they tell their employees don't chase 247 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:43.879 them outside the store. So when you see these videos, 248 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:45.679 I watch the same one as you do. And when 249 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:47.399 you see folks, you're like, why are you standing there 250 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:49.879 just letting them leave? They tell their employees that because 251 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:53.480 their employees their safety what they're pointing first, and they're 252 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:55.759 you know, insurance will cover the cost of for these 253 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:59.279 big box stores, they can absorb that cost. But they 254 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:01.000 tell the employees to let them go and sit down 255 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:03.200 and fight with them, just let them go. And it 256 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:05.080 is I know some folks that work and lost prevention 257 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:07.600 and it's amazing the stories they come back with where 258 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:10.759 they tell you how the lengths people will go to 259 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:12.720 to not only steal stuff, but to think they can 260 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:13.200 steal it. 261 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:17.840 What blows my mind is the already being caught, Yeah, 262 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:20.759 the jig is up right, yet they'll still be adamant 263 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.039 that this. 264 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:22.759 I don't know what you're talking about. 265 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.919 I mean, and again they're good liars because I'm so 266 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.159 convinced at times well I don't believe them, but man, 267 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:34.600 they don't. They seem convincing. But clearly the evidence is 268 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:37.440 here that you know you were you were stealing something. Yeah, 269 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.480 lost prevention, man, that would be a thankless gig. It's 270 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:43.279 clearly an important one and it's very needed. But you 271 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:46.320 you're there to make sure as best you can, as 272 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:49.039 far as what you're able to do, that merchandise does 273 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:51.679 not get stolen, and you keep your eye on the 274 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.039 store to make sure you know that stuff doesn't happen. 275 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:55.919 But once you get down to it, you are limited 276 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:58.000 at times and what you can and should do. 277 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.519 So yeah, you've got to keep and you've got to 278 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:02.440 be cut out for that gig to be able to 279 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.480 do it, and you've got to be able to mindset. 280 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:07.200 It's one that I think has a lot of job security, 281 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.960 especially when times get tough, they probably see more of it. 282 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:12.799 But it is it's a double a story. 283 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.080 It's refreshing to see stories tell their folks, hey, look, 284 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:17.279 don't chase them out the door. But if there's so 285 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:20.120 much stuff going on that it increases my price because 286 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.159 they have to cover the cost. And I know a 287 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:24.279 lot of people that shop local. I'm a big shop 288 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.759 local guy. I swear by that. But also at the 289 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:29.519 same time, you know, the bigger box stores can absorb 290 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:31.919 stuff like this and still carry. 291 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:32.480 On the prices for us. 292 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:34.879 But the lengths people will go to it, and it's 293 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:36.960 not just material stuff. If you've ever seen people try 294 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:39.240 to steal stuff out of the grocery store, which again, 295 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:41.759 I've got a soft spot for folks with homelessness and hunger, 296 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:44.600 and if somebody's going to those lengths to steal food, 297 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:46.159 that means they're pretty hungry. 298 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.120 Yeah, And there are also some great stories that come 299 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:55.720 from from I think having body cams on law enforcement 300 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.919 is beneficial in a variety of ways. But it also 301 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.919 lets you see good things that maybe you wouldn't believe 302 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:02.799 because you just have your own built up perception of 303 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:05.639 law enforcement. But there was a there was a woman 304 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:08.720 who was stealing food from a dollar General just to 305 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:10.879 try to you know, just to try to feed her family. 306 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:15.360 And she was sighted and the officer paid for out 307 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:17.759 of her own pocket. The officer paid for what the 308 00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:19.639 cost would have been for what she was stealing. So 309 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:21.720 she could, you know, she could feed her family and 310 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:23.399 just basically say, you know, there's other ways to get help, 311 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:25.440 there's other ways to get assistance. I'm gonna have to 312 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:27.360 do my job, but I'm also going to help you here, 313 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:31.360 and you know that's that's so we need more stories 314 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:32.840 like that out there, because I'm sure it happens more 315 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.559 than people realize. 316 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:35.519 Yep. So all right, we've got another. 317 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:37.240 Update of trafficking weather coming your way right here on 318 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:41.559 news Radio A forty whas. It is six forty six 319 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:43.480 here at Kentucky and it's morning news on News Radio 320 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:47.919 eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you. Scott Fitzgerald is 321 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:51.240 like me. He enjoys the platform that is TikTok. A 322 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:53.440 lot of people think TikTok's just this app where people 323 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:56.480 dance and and you can find that there. You can 324 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:58.720 find a lot of things on TikTok. So you know, 325 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.279 I think if you, you know, if you really gave 326 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.159 it a shot, and if you don't want to use 327 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.320 that app and you just don't want to do social media, 328 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.960 good for you, because you probably spend your time much more. 329 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.519 You use your time more wisely than I do. I'm 330 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:14.840 sure but it's also you know, it's a valuable thing 331 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:16.080 for a lot of folks. And the reason I'm bringing 332 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:18.320 this up is because Trump is going to extend the 333 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.159 TikTok reprieve again because there's been a deadline that gets 334 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:24.919 set to where it needs to be sold, meaning TikTok, 335 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:27.519 and it hasn't sold because you know, finding a buyer 336 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:30.000 for certain things is pretty difficult to do. I would say, 337 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:32.639 finding somebody who would be in the market to purchase 338 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:36.600 maybe the biggest and most popular social media app. Currently 339 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:39.480 aren't many people with the budget that could afford to 340 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:42.919 purchase that. So this I think will continue to be 341 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.720 kicked down the road until something something changes, because I 342 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:49.679 just don't see a scenario where they're going to get 343 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:51.960 rid of it. The opportunity to do so was there 344 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.080 and then it was gone for maybe forty eight hours, 345 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.480 not even that long actually, and it came right back. 346 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:58.320 And with so many people using it. Like you said, 347 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:00.960 you and I both go down that rabbit hole numerous times. 348 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:03.120 I know John's used it before, and you know, the 349 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.159 advertising potential is there for a lot of folks and influencers, 350 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:09.639 let's be honest, influencers rely on that I'm starting to 351 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:12.399 know as more retailers are relying on that, which is cool, 352 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:14.440 and they're finding innovative ways to come up with it. 353 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:16.559 But I like the point you made, and that is, 354 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:18.600 you know, TikTok may not be for you. You may 355 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:21.840 be a Facebook person, whereas I couldn't stand Facebook, and 356 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:24.000 I was so glad once I finally put that down. 357 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.919 You mentioned earlier last week that Twitter is a great 358 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.080 resource for you for information, and I was as I 359 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:32.480 was scrolling through Twitter this weekend, I found myself saying 360 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:35.919 the same thing. Sure that it's great for getting information 361 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:40.080 and it's wonderful, but as far as interaction with folks, 362 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.559 it's just not. 363 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:43.559 Engagement is not is not what I would recommend when 364 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:46.080 it comes to that platform. But again for info, and 365 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:49.279 you choose who you follow, so you see, you know, 366 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:51.759 you get a chance to just specifically see what you're 367 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:53.559 looking for. Now you can also go to the four You, 368 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:56.919 which it's their version of trying to give you an 369 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:59.960 algorithm that they believe they know what you want to intern, 370 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:01.480 they know what you want to see, and sometimes they 371 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:04.480 swing and miss, and sometimes it's fairly fairly accurate. But 372 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.960 Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the deadline for 373 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:11.400 Bite Dance, which that's actually the Chinese parent company that 374 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.480 owns TikTok Byte Dance. So it's been extended seventy five days, 375 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:19.640 another seventy five days, so it looks like April twenty 376 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:24.119 six was the was the last deadline, which of course 377 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:27.599 has been has been extended, and now it'll look yeah, 378 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:28.799 it's they're. 379 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:30.640 Going to continue, like the debt ceiling. Now it's like 380 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:32.799 right right, it's right down. 381 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:35.079 Well, did you see the reaction from folks when the 382 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:37.440 first deadline showed. I mean just oh yeah, the TikTok 383 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:39.559 videos people were putting out prior to that, I mean 384 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:42.920 they were staunchly, like serious, like you're not doing this. 385 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:46.079 I felt I felt bad about myself because I realized that, 386 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.960 you know, my life will be okay, I'm not really 387 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:50.079 going to be impacted by it, but it made me 388 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:51.920 realize that I would truly miss it. 389 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:52.799 Yeah. 390 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:55.519 But I think one of the big misconceptions about why 391 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:59.119 taking this away could impact folks more than you realize 392 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:01.680 is that you know, and social media, in most instances, 393 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:05.720 you need millions upon millions of followers to genuinely be 394 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:08.440 able to monetize that at a high level. But what 395 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:11.440 makes TikTok interesting is, let me give an example. I 396 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:14.079 have somebody I know who's a videographer and they have, 397 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:18.440 you know, fifteen hundred followers, nothing crazy, but they share 398 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:21.039 gear that they use. And if they put their link 399 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:24.079 in their TikTok video for an item that they are 400 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:27.799 reviewing and somebody purchases it, depending upon what it costs, 401 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:30.240