Speaker 1: It is six oh five here Kentucky and it's Morning
Speaker 1: News with Coffee and Company, Nick Coffee.
Speaker 2: That's me, mister Radio.
Speaker 1: Rick Ryder is alongside today filling in for John Olden.
Speaker 1: We'll have another update for you coming your way on
Speaker 1: traffic with Bobby Ellis and another look at Matt Melosavitch's
Speaker 1: forecast that's coming up here in about four and a
Speaker 1: half minutes. But obviously the big story not just here locally,
Speaker 1: but it is certainly a story nationally, and that is
Speaker 1: the sentencing yesterday for Brett Hankinson, who was sentenced to
Speaker 1: thirty three months in federal prison. And I get you
Speaker 1: never know how everybody feels. It's impossible to be able
Speaker 1: to fully know how folks out here are viewing things.
Speaker 1: It's just, you know, it's impossible. But it did seem
Speaker 1: is if nobody really had a clue what to expect
Speaker 1: when it comes to the sentencing from the judge, because
Speaker 1: obviously the DOJ recommended just a one day sentence, and
Speaker 1: that of course got a lot of reaction. But Judge
Speaker 1: Rebecca Grady, sorry Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings, she felt differently
Speaker 1: than the DOJ as she sentenced him the thirty three
Speaker 1: months in federal prison, three years supervisor release, and a
Speaker 1: one hundred dollars fine. He's barred from working in law
Speaker 1: enforcement or owning a gun, and he's going to voluntarily
Speaker 1: surrender at a later date. So total, there were thirteen
Speaker 1: people that testified, six for Hankinson and seven for Taylor's family,
Speaker 1: and prior to, of course, the actual sentencing, it was
Speaker 1: a chaotic scene downtown as four people ended up being arrested.
Speaker 1: One of those was Breonna Taylor's aunt, Bianca Austin. And
Speaker 1: the visual that has made its way across the internet
Speaker 1: probably millions of views, I would imagine, on all different
Speaker 1: social media platforms, is the protester jumping on the front
Speaker 1: of a Louisville Water Company vehicle. And L and PD
Speaker 1: did put out a statement emphasizing the respect for peaceful protest,
Speaker 1: but did condemn unsafe behavior. My comment here not theirs
Speaker 1: jumping on. Jumping in front of a vehicle in the
Speaker 1: middle of the road is unsafe behavior, I would.
Speaker 2: Say, but again that's just my opinion.
Speaker 1: Louis of Water did confirm that an employee was caught
Speaker 1: in that protest but safely exited the area. Curious to
Speaker 1: see if there's any action from the Louis of Water
Speaker 1: company moving forward with this employee. I don't I wouldn't
Speaker 1: expect it, but again I guess nothing would surprise me.
Speaker 1: But one thing that I've been mentioning throughout the morning
Speaker 1: here for those just now joining us, if you are
Speaker 1: somebody that felt like Brett Hankerson was not deserving of
Speaker 1: this punishment thirty three months in federal prison, or you
Speaker 1: felt like, you know, he was just doing his job,
Speaker 1: he was a cop, and you know you're somebody that,
Speaker 1: And again, these things can be true. So I'm not
Speaker 1: insinuating that people are making stuff up. But there's a
Speaker 1: lot of different ways to view this entire situation, which
Speaker 1: I think is the prime example as to why it
Speaker 1: became such a national story. But if you do just
Speaker 1: look at the actions of Hankers and that night and
Speaker 1: the previous history, and you remove Breonna Taylor completely from
Speaker 1: the situation. And I don't say that Dak likes she
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. I want to reiterate that it's not like
Speaker 1: who cares, It's just if you're talking about him facing
Speaker 1: charges and being held accountable, I mean, what he did
Speaker 1: is now again I wouldn't know as far as why
Speaker 1: the charges are what they are, why they are what
Speaker 1: they are, meaning he was charged with violating her civil rights.
Speaker 1: But I feel like, if, I mean, why is it
Speaker 1: not like want endangerment? And that's probably a rare charge
Speaker 1: for an officer to get. But if you look at
Speaker 1: the fact that he showed up and he fired ten
Speaker 1: shots and it was, you know, just fired blindly, I
Speaker 1: mean that's something that again, even if you don't hit
Speaker 1: anybody and you don't kill anybody, you can't do that.
Speaker 1: Now obviously, if you don't if you don't actually injure
Speaker 1: anybody along the way, it's a different situation. But that
Speaker 1: alone is just something that most people, I would assume
Speaker 1: would be held accountable for firing ten rounds blindly through
Speaker 1: a covered, sliding glass door. Now, again, there was already
Speaker 1: gunfire that had taken place. And I won't pretend to
Speaker 1: know the type of training that goes into that. I'm
Speaker 1: sure it's extensive training, but I've not participated in said training.
Speaker 2: So that alone is just something that you can't do.
Speaker 1: And if you go back and look at previous situations
Speaker 1: with Hankerson where he was reprimanded for reckless conduct involving
Speaker 1: his firearm during other police incidents. In at least one
Speaker 1: other In one earlier case, he fired his weapon during
Speaker 1: a pursuit, and that raised concerns internally with his superiors.
Speaker 1: So I mean, I think I would say just that alone,
Speaker 1: meaning let's just look at what he showed up and
Speaker 1: did that night. That's just something you would expect somebody
Speaker 1: to be held accountable for, right, But it's just such
Speaker 1: a such a contentious thing to where people have decided
Speaker 1: they've got a side, and they they don't they don't budge,
Speaker 1: and they may not even really look at it from
Speaker 1: any other perspective of what they believe they're supposed to
Speaker 1: just run with.
Speaker 2: And look, you have every right to do that.
Speaker 1: It's just I try to see things from from you know,
Speaker 1: from the middle. But again, this is a big story
Speaker 1: here locally and uh certainly a national story as well.
Speaker 1: All Right, let's get an update of traffic and weather.
Speaker 1: Bobby Ellis will get us caught up on the roadways
Speaker 1: as we were getting this Tuesday started. Also, we'll take
Speaker 1: a look at Mat Melosovich's forecast from w LKY right
Speaker 1: here on News Radio eight to forty WHAS team here
Speaker 1: Kentucky at This Morning News Coffee and Company Nick Coffee.
Speaker 1: That's me getting your Tuesday started. Don't forget. You can
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Speaker 1: And we have some talkback comments that we'll get to
Speaker 1: coming up here before too long. Folks sharing their thoughts
Speaker 1: on the sentencing for Bratt Hankerson yesterday, and I've already
Speaker 1: gotten one that I'm eager to share with you and
Speaker 1: respond to as far as why they were there, meaning
Speaker 1: why law enforcement showed up, and again you've already made
Speaker 1: it your mind, I believe as far as just this
Speaker 1: whole thing, because even if they even if they were
Speaker 1: there and everything about the warrant was on the up
Speaker 1: and up and done the right way, which wasn't I mean,
Speaker 1: does that excuse just firing ten shots blindly that clearly
Speaker 1: could have killed other people that had nothing to do
Speaker 1: with this.
Speaker 2: Anyways, Well, we'll get to that, but I do want
Speaker 2: to share this.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you've heard it in the last couple of
Speaker 1: days here locally, and obviously it's been mentioned by John
Speaker 1: Shannon in the newscast from earlier this morning. But if
Speaker 1: you have a Dodge vehicle, be prepared because people.
Speaker 2: Want to steal your car.
Speaker 1: So LMPD has warned of a real surge here of
Speaker 1: car thefts across Louisville break ins as well, and Dodge
Speaker 1: vehicles are specifically being targeted. Theft reports have jumped from
Speaker 1: fifty to ninety in just one month. So my thought is,
Speaker 1: what is it about it? No offense to Dodge. Dodge
Speaker 1: has a variety of great vehicles. I just to me,
Speaker 1: that's you know, if you're out there stealing Mercedes and
Speaker 1: Lexus and clearly you know higher, higher value vehicles, that
Speaker 1: would make a little bit more sense. However, it does
Speaker 1: appear that these Dodge vehicles, a lot of them have
Speaker 1: a good resale value, and that matters if you're going
Speaker 1: to steal a car, try to flip it. I mean,
Speaker 1: you want to get one that you can get more
Speaker 1: money for. So the Dodge, it looks as if the
Speaker 1: types of Dodge vehicles that are being targeted more than others.
Speaker 1: You've got the Charger and let's see Challenger, and then
Speaker 1: there's certain types of those specific vehicles hellcap models. Those
Speaker 1: are the high performance muscle cars that Dodge has, and
Speaker 1: those are the ones I guess that retain a really
Speaker 1: high resale value and they're in high demand on the
Speaker 1: black market. So I guess if you're in that business,
Speaker 1: that's what you do. You steal stuff and.
Speaker 2: You sell it.
Speaker 1: You know what has good value, and that's what you
Speaker 1: go after. And it looks as if these are it's
Speaker 1: these these Dodge vehicles now. Uh. And one of the
Speaker 1: other factors as to why maybe the Dodge is getting
Speaker 1: targeted more than others, other than just the fact that
Speaker 1: they have good resale value, is that apparently there have
Speaker 1: been some uh some.
Speaker 2: They're easier to break into.
Speaker 1: Weak factor weak factory security is also mentioned as a
Speaker 1: factor here, as critics have said Dodge did not implement
Speaker 1: aggressive enough anti theft protections with some of these vehicles
Speaker 1: compared to other brands. They use encrypted keys, kill switches,
Speaker 1: motion sensors, where I guess these vehicles are a little
Speaker 1: bit easier to in fact to in fact steal. So again,
Speaker 1: just uh, just be prepared. If you have one of
Speaker 1: those Dodge vehicles, you may you may be somebody they're
Speaker 1: looking for to uh to try to steal, to try
Speaker 1: to steal their car. So again, be prepared. And I'm
Speaker 1: looking at other the Yeah, it looks as if the
Speaker 1: l MPD statement is that these thefts and break ins
Speaker 1: UH in Louisville have taken place in specific hotspots. We're
Speaker 1: talking Dixie Highway, Cedar Creek near Barstown Road in Jaytown,
Speaker 1: which I'm very familiar with that area. So again, lock
Speaker 1: your vehicles every night. Don't leave valuables in your vehicle.
Speaker 1: And this is one thing that I had a scare
Speaker 1: one time that was enough for me to never do
Speaker 1: this again. But I left my vehicle unlocked one night
Speaker 1: and somebody just ransacked it, and it was just looking
Speaker 1: for something that was valuable and it wasn't. I mean,
Speaker 1: there was nothing there valuable, so they just they just
Speaker 1: threw everything from my center console, my glove compartment and
Speaker 1: didn't find anything, so they just left it in a mess,
Speaker 1: which I'm happy they didn't damage the car or find
Speaker 1: anything of value and steal it. But I felt a
Speaker 1: level of being violated that I just had never experienced before.
Speaker 1: But I realized because I left my vehicle out of
Speaker 1: the garage and the garage door opener was in the
Speaker 1: vehicle while it was unlocked, just the thought of them
Speaker 1: being able to if they wanted to in the middle
Speaker 1: of the night enter my home because my dumb ass
Speaker 1: left the garage door open. Are in there with it unlocked.
Speaker 1: I'll never do that again, So be safe. I mean again,
Speaker 1: thieves are going to do what they do, steal stuff,
Speaker 1: but you can make it a little more difficult on
Speaker 1: them if you pay attention to these kind of things hard.
Speaker 1: Let's get an update on traffic from Bobby Ellis. We'll
Speaker 1: get the latest forecast from a Melosavich WKY. Thank you
Speaker 1: very much, John Shannon. It is six thirty six here
Speaker 1: at Kentucky and it's Morning News with Coffee and Company,
Speaker 1: Nick Coffee. That's me taking you up till nine o'clock.
Speaker 1: But I've been here for a while. I've been here
Speaker 1: since five am. So if you've been with us, thank you.
Speaker 1: We appreciate it. But as you could expect, we've talked
Speaker 1: a lot about the big news yesterday, as Brett Hankinson
Speaker 1: was sentenced to thirty three months in federal prison, and
Speaker 1: as you heard there during John's newscast, the mother of
Speaker 1: Breonna Taylor, stating that she believes that the judge did
Speaker 1: the best as far as what she had to work with.
Speaker 1: And I still think that it just and again I
Speaker 1: have no way to prove this, but it did feel
Speaker 1: that leading up to yesterday, nobody really knew what to
Speaker 1: expect as far as what the actual decision would be
Speaker 1: from the judge. But again, thirty three months is the decision.
Speaker 1: We'll let you hear what some folks in the community,
Speaker 1: some listeners have to say about this is. I'm waiting
Speaker 1: to get a few more in as far as just
Speaker 1: comments on the talkback feature. We've got a couple, but
Speaker 1: we'll do that at seven o'clock as we kind of
Speaker 1: rapid fire and just and share with you what a
Speaker 1: lot of folks have decided to share with us as
Speaker 1: far as their thoughts on this decision from the judge yesterday.
Speaker 1: And if you don't know what the talkback feature is,
Speaker 1: I'll be glad to tell you. If you listen to
Speaker 1: this show on the iHeartRadio app, if you'll see it,
Speaker 1: it's right there, a microphone and you click on it
Speaker 1: and you'll be prompted to allow iHeart to let you
Speaker 1: record up to thirty seconds. And then as soon as
Speaker 1: you do that, we have it right here in front
Speaker 1: of us to play. So the option is there if
Speaker 1: you want want to give it a shot. All right,
Speaker 1: So some sad news from yesterday The Cosby Show. The
Speaker 1: star Malcolm Jamal Warner passed away at fifty four. He,
Speaker 1: of course, was theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. He
Speaker 1: drowned while swimming at a Costa Rican resort and fifty
Speaker 1: four years old. And I feel like the Cosby's. It's
Speaker 1: a little bit. I remember the Cosby's as a kid,
Speaker 1: but I believe at the time, Rick, you would know
Speaker 1: putting Rick Ryder on the spot here, what year was
Speaker 1: did the Cosby's end?
Speaker 2: You have any clue?
Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna look it up real quick because Cosby's
Speaker 1: was on all the time when.
Speaker 2: I was a kid. But I feel like it was
Speaker 2: probably reruns. All are you talking about when it actually
Speaker 2: when it came to an end?
Speaker 1: I'll say ninety two?
Speaker 2: Are you kidding me? Nineteen ninety two? Look at this guy?
Speaker 2: What a great memory? Yes, you're right.
Speaker 1: The final episode aired in April of nineteen ninety two,
Speaker 1: So yeah, it just ended. I guess when I was
Speaker 1: old enough to remember watching television. And of course it's
Speaker 1: a legendary, legendary show, and I think, what And I'm
Speaker 1: sure there are some that are younger than me. There
Speaker 1: are some that are older than me that the TV
Speaker 1: show that was a part of their childhood that they
Speaker 1: tuned into, you know, different different eras of television. But
Speaker 1: when you really get hooked on a sitcom like that,
Speaker 1: and I do those exist?
Speaker 2: They do. I suppose, It's just it's not not on
Speaker 2: my radar at all.
Speaker 1: I know that the folks like CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox,
Speaker 1: they're still cranking out sitcoms. But I just now we
Speaker 1: have access to so much content, so many other shows,
Speaker 1: to where I can't tell you the last time I
Speaker 1: started to watch a network sitcom. I mean, again, I
Speaker 1: think they still exist. It's just not really on my radar.
Speaker 1: But anyways, when you get really into a show like
Speaker 1: The Cosby's and you don't have to be a kid this,
Speaker 1: you could be an adult, you kind of at times
Speaker 1: get lost within the show and like, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: you're not part of the family, but the show was
Speaker 1: specifically about a family dynamic, and it you know, it
Speaker 1: becomes I don't want to say it becomes part of you,
Speaker 1: but I think you know what I mean. Right, for me,
Speaker 1: when I was growing up, the show Family Matters.
Speaker 2: I love that show a full house like.
Speaker 1: Those were shows that became really popular when I was
Speaker 1: a young kid, and at the time, we didn't have
Speaker 1: the internet just yet, and I watched those shows every
Speaker 1: week and I loved them. And again, I didn't feel
Speaker 1: like I was a part of their family, but I
Speaker 1: was with them every week, right, And again, it's television,
Speaker 1: it's not real. So obviously just sad news there as
Speaker 1: he's just fifty four years old. And again I know
Speaker 1: that there are probably people who again, that show was
Speaker 1: on from eighty four to ninety two. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: where I think how things have played out for Bill
Speaker 1: Cosby certainly has had a factor in how people remember
Speaker 1: that show. Not to say that they didn't enjoy it,
Speaker 1: But when you think of Cosby in any way, I
Speaker 1: think you think of the wild scenario that played out
Speaker 1: with the ending of his I mean the Latin mean,
Speaker 1: we all know what's going on with Bill Cosby as
Speaker 1: far as what he what he did, and why he's
Speaker 1: in prison. But nonetheless, yeah, sad news. Which this is
Speaker 1: not a great way to transition to this, but it
Speaker 1: is just awkward timing. There's a list I want to
Speaker 1: take a look at it in the seven o'clock hour that
Speaker 1: tells us the most disliked sitcom TV characters of all time.
Speaker 1: Some of them are obvious, somehow was surprised by. We'll
Speaker 1: get to that a little bit later on. Let's get
Speaker 1: to another update of traffic out there. Bobby Ellis will
Speaker 1: tell us how the roadways are looking. We'll get Mam
Speaker 1: Milosa Bitch's forecast from WLKY, and also we've got another
Speaker 1: sports update coming your way before no before, within the
Speaker 1: next fifteen minutes, So stick around right here on news
Speaker 1: RADIOATIONE six forty six here at Kentucky and his morning
Speaker 1: news coffee and company, Nick Coffee.
Speaker 2: That's me.
Speaker 1: We'll have another sports update with Scott Fitzgerald coming up
Speaker 1: in about ten minutes or so. And my previous life
Speaker 1: where I was a sports host for over ten years
Speaker 1: before making the move here to News Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 1: One of the things that I would say was talked
Speaker 1: about rather consistently throughout those ten plus years was conference
Speaker 1: realignment within college sports, and I at times have As
Speaker 1: a Louisville fan myself, I've always been grateful I think
Speaker 1: of Louisville being able to have a seat at the
Speaker 1: table in the power conferences. But I've also at times
Speaker 1: been willing to acknowledge that I'm underwhelmed by the ACC.
Speaker 1: I think the league has taken substantial steps back when
Speaker 1: it comes to basketball. Maybe they get back here soon.
Speaker 1: Clearly they'll be better than they were in recent years,
Speaker 1: but they've fallen in hoops, no doubt.
Speaker 2: And then in football.
Speaker 1: I mean, clearly the league's not the best of the conferences,
Speaker 1: but it's more of a popularity contest I think these
Speaker 1: days than anything, which is one of the reasons why
Speaker 1: at times get so frustrated with college football. But nonetheless,
Speaker 1: yesterday was a as a Louisville fan where I really
Speaker 1: appreciated Louisville's invite to the ACC that came over ten
Speaker 1: years ago because it could be where she could be Memphis,
Speaker 1: and I think there was a time, a good stretch
Speaker 1: of Louisville athletics existence where they were viewed as peers
Speaker 1: to programs like Cincinnati and Memphis. I think maybe I'm
Speaker 1: biased that Louisville has the edge in the major sports
Speaker 1: as far as just success and history compared to those
Speaker 1: two but similar programs as far as just city schools,
Speaker 1: not a humongous fan base and whatnot. And honestly, they
Speaker 1: were in the same conference for many, many years in
Speaker 1: different conferences. And Memphis they've always been the one that
Speaker 1: just got left out. Cincinnati got left behind when Louisville
Speaker 1: made the jump to the ACC and the Big East
Speaker 1: fell apart. But now they're in the Big Twelve and
Speaker 1: Memphis never got the invite. And Memphis took a swing
Speaker 1: yesterday and it was a miss. And this is this
Speaker 1: is just flat out bold and desperate. But Memphis, they've
Speaker 1: put up two hundred million dollars as an offer to
Speaker 1: try to join the Big Twelve and to get out
Speaker 1: of the American Conference. So twohundred million was raised in
Speaker 1: sponsorship money, and it just wasn't enough. The Big Twelve
Speaker 1: is simply just not interested. So they proposed a massive
Speaker 1: deal that would have included the corporate sponsorships and giving
Speaker 1: up their share of TV revenue potentially worth over two
Speaker 1: hundred million dollars to secure that spot. So not only
Speaker 1: were they going to pay their way in, they raised
Speaker 1: money to say we won't even take any of the
Speaker 1: TV revenue at the start, because we understand, we got
Speaker 1: to know earn our keep or whatnot, and they had
Speaker 1: enough fundraising and by the way, FedEx is where they
Speaker 1: get their money, so that's probably where a lot of
Speaker 1: that came from. And yet they still were not an
Speaker 1: attractive addition for the Big Twelve. So I mean, this
Speaker 1: is unheard of as far as what they were wanting
Speaker 1: to do to just get in and get a seat
Speaker 1: because there's gonna be more conference re alignment I'm sure
Speaker 1: down the line, and they would have a tough time
Speaker 1: I think existing in the top tier leagues even if
Speaker 1: they were in the Big Twelve, but it's going to
Speaker 1: be even harder if they remain in the American Conference.
Speaker 1: So I do this has to be this has to
Speaker 1: be intentionally humor right, because this of course became a
Speaker 1: big story because you don't often see it somebody offering
Speaker 1: to buy their way into a league and just be
Speaker 1: so desperate to get in. And honestly it's understandable, Like
Speaker 1: I don't really fault them for doing it, I just
Speaker 1: as a tough look. But the Memphis social media pages,
Speaker 1: I think it was the Twitter account for Memphis yesterday
Speaker 1: put out just a.
Speaker 2: Graphic that talked about how.
Speaker 1: Proud they were to be in the American Conference, which
Speaker 1: they did that on the day that it was clear
Speaker 1: they were trying to buy their way out in a
Speaker 1: really desperate way. So nothing would shock me anymore when
Speaker 1: it comes to college sports now, when when you look
Speaker 1: at the revenue sharing that's going on, football matters more
Speaker 1: than anything. We've always known that. But one thing that's
Speaker 1: really going to be interesting to see is that when
Speaker 1: you now it's gonna be public, we're going to see
Speaker 1: which schools prioritize which sports the most. In Kentucky, there
Speaker 1: was some news yesterday that they may be spending way
Speaker 1: more of their revenue share towards basketball than anybody else
Speaker 1: and really making it clear, we know we're a basketball
Speaker 1: school and football we could invest a lot of money
Speaker 1: and we probably will never be above third tier.
Speaker 2: So, like I understand it from that standpoint.
Speaker 1: But if there ever is a big game of musical
Speaker 1: chairs once again when it comes to conference realignment, if
Speaker 1: you're out there looking like you don't give a damn
Speaker 1: about football, that doesn't look good for you. Now with
Speaker 1: that said, I have a hard time seeing Kentucky ever
Speaker 1: being completely left out.
Speaker 2: But who knows.
Speaker 1: Nothing would shock me when it comes to what college
Speaker 1: sports looks like in five years, let.
Speaker 2: Alone four months.
Speaker 1: That's just the way that I mean the sport, The
Speaker 1: world of college athletics, I should say, really went unchanged
Speaker 1: for generations because of the NCAA's archaic amateurism model, and
Speaker 1: now in the last five years, it is changed into
Speaker 1: an entirely different world