WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:00.360 All right. 2 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:02.040 We were reunited with the one and only L and 3 00:00:02.080 --> 00:00:05.120 PD spokesman mister Dwight Mitchell joining us here in studio. 4 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:07.360 He was on vacation for a little while I was 5 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:09.800 on vacation last week. He came in and talked with 6 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:12.279 Joe Elliott. But nice to be back with you, mister Mitchell. 7 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:15.720 Well, Nick, is always good to see you as well, brother, 8 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:17.760 and we both needed a little respite we got. 9 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:18.120 That's right. 10 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:21.199 Did you enjoy your time away? Oh man, I'm missing 11 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:22.000 the beach already. 12 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:24.679 Oh man, it was a beautiful time, and especially with 13 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:28.519 my family absolutely, and my son's, my wife, my daughter, 14 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:30.760 whole grandchildren, Lottie dot and everybody. 15 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:32.399 Well there, we had a good time. 16 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:35.119 Vacation is needed. Glad to hear that you had a 17 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:37.359 good time. And you have certainly been busy along with 18 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:39.679 the other the other the team members at L and 19 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:42.399 PD with when you're always busy, it's never never a. 20 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:44.759 Job where you guys take the day off. 21 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:50.679 But when it comes to the juvenile crime situation that's 22 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:54.759 going on, a lot of listeners have asked, so if 23 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:56.600 someone under the. 24 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:57.719 Age of eighteen is. 25 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:03.159 Out there clearly not being looked out for, maybe not 26 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.120 doing something to where you can arrest them they committed 27 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:08.159 a crime. I mean, what what is what is law 28 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:10.840 enforcement's role there, because again you're talking about somebody that 29 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:14.439 is not of age that they're probably out doing, you know, 30 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:16.920 at all hours of the night, Like what what's the 31 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.840 process of that? Now, again, it's different if you actually 32 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:23.000 are charged with something, But there's many that many young 33 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.200 children I guess that are just out and about clearly 34 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:27.439 you know at any moment that they could be a 35 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:29.560 victim of some violence or maybe they could be involved 36 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.719 in it. But what what what resources do you guys 37 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.079 have I guess to kind of you know, get them out. 38 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:35.680 Of the streets. 39 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:40.599 Well, it's a very complex situation because there's a lot 40 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.040 of programs that even Metro government has outside of the 41 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:47.959 police department. Because let me say this at the forefront, 42 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:50.799 and I think this is a thing that's been echoed 43 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:54.480 most of this week with the highlight of what's happened 44 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.280 last week with the shooting around tenth and Chests and 45 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:01.599 the one the of the day that we have a 46 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:05.120 new spotlight on our youth. And the troubling thing of 47 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:07.280 all of this is it's not so much of what 48 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:10.039 we do with them when we catch them, what happens 49 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:13.400 so they don't get into it before it ever gets 50 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.800 to us. Because what law enforcements role is to detect 51 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:21.360 crime and then to arrest the people or get them 52 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:24.280 in the situation so they can pay for that. 53 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:25.680 That's what we do now. 54 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:28.479 We also want to prevent it on the forefront as 55 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:30.840 much as we can, but that's not our job solely. 56 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:33.360 I think the frame of what you've been here most 57 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:36.479 this week is everybody now is saying, hey, it's all 58 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:39.120 up to us to help these young people and to 59 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:42.199 guide them. And obviously it starts with parents and family, 60 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:44.639 and unfortunate there are some parents that are messed up. 61 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:46.159 They can't do anything for their kids. 62 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:48.479 I know that seems like it's lame, but it's factual 63 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:51.199 in that case, and not unless there's a good set 64 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:53.800 of grandparents or other family members to help guide these 65 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.400 young people work, they're not put in harm's way of 66 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:57.960 either committing the crime of being. 67 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:00.439 A victim of one. That is the age question. 68 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:02.520 Because if I had that answer, you wouldn't be asking 69 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:04.960 me that question right now. So do I have a 70 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.240 definitive answer for it? No, I don't. I do believe 71 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:11.800 that it's incumbent upon this entire community. If you've seen 72 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:14.919 what's happened this week with just crime period, beyond the 73 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:17.960 fact that it's young people, you are to be upset, 74 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:21.080 whether it's happening to you or not. Because last Friday 75 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.560 we had a situation that happened in the East End 76 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:26.639 and we saw what happened there. So no one's immune 77 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:29.759 from it. It does happen in other areas more frequently, 78 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:31.759 but you're not immune from it, and this are to 79 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.960 upset you, especially when it's was our kids. So I 80 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.199 am imploring anyone that has any information on any of 81 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.759 the things that have happened this week give us a 82 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:43.439 call in our anonymous tip line. You don't have to 83 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:45.560 give your name or anything like that, but any small 84 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:49.159 nugget that helps us bring some cleverty to what's happening 85 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:51.879 and why it's happening, we want to hear from you, 86 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:53.520 and that is your responsibility. 87 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:55.759 With the last week, it does seem as if the 88 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:59.360 heightened awareness of just hey, whatever I can do, let 89 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.960 me know, because this is this is clearly an issue 90 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:04.000 for the entire community, and to your point, it's not 91 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:07.159 just in certain areas of Louisville again in the Easton situation. 92 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:10.400 I mean, that's that was a scary ordeal in every way. 93 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:15.120 So I would hope that this does lead to Okay, 94 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:17.439 maybe I can't help with this or that, or maybe 95 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:19.480 I did have some information and now I'm more inclined 96 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:22.519 to share it. I know this is getting some coverage. 97 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:24.560 It was it was covered by wk wire news partners, 98 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:25.920 and I've talked about it the last couple of days 99 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:27.720 on the show. But there was one of the fifteen 100 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.439 year olds that was arrested and charged. His father turned 101 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:34.160 him in. That is that That's huge. I mean, that's 102 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:37.920 that's that's a powerful thing, and hopefully that could lead 103 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:41.240 to others realizing, despite how bad things have gotten, this 104 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:42.560 is the best thing to do at this point. 105 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.079 Well, and one of the things that he said that 106 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.120 was the most poignant thing to me was the fact 107 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:49.839 that I would rather for them to call me and 108 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.240 said we got him rather than we found you. 109 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:53.680 And I think. 110 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:57.040 Powerful things say it was powerful if you took five 111 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:00.879 seconds to really let that permeate in your mind, that's 112 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.319 how desperate that he was. And some people could look 113 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:04.879 at him and say, oh, he might have been doing 114 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:06.959 the same thing. But I felt for the brother that 115 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:08.959 day because I think he was really trying to do 116 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:13.199 the right thing, as most parents do. And unfortunately a 117 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.560 lot of kids fall through the cracks, some of them 118 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.680 offending for themselves. I feel like they have to, and 119 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.680 they get involved in situations that the adolescent brains and 120 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:25.199 thought process do not process things all the way. 121 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:26.199 One thing I want to do. 122 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.639 We put some pictures out the other day of the 123 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:32.480 homicide that took place at the same bus stop the 124 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:36.959 other day where it killed the young woman, And you know, 125 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:38.959 they're not the best pictures in the world, but the 126 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:42.839 closing description was very distinct, and anyone again who has 127 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.279 any information about that can certainly give us a call 128 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:51.160 because it's important. And we did arrest the second person 129 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:54.480 of the first shooting that happened on the first or 130 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:58.759 second day of school last week, and that person was 131 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:01.759 believed at first to have been part of the homicide, 132 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:03.920 but we found out that wasn't truth, but he was 133 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:07.680 in the original shooting and we were able to take 134 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.480 him into custody as well. So it's unfortunate that we're 135 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.720 arresting young people, but it's necessary that we do for 136 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:17.000 anybody of course committing crimes. And again, I hope it 137 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:18.439 is a call to see I hope it is a 138 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:21.839 wake up call to individuals to step forward and do 139 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:24.639 what's right and as long as you do that will 140 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:25.279 be all right. 141 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:28.959 So are parents that are trying, the ones that are 142 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.959 trying their best, and they realize that that despite their 143 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:36.279 best effort, it's it's gotten to a bad point. And 144 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:38.360 I could be wrong making this assumption, and not every 145 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:43.319 situation is the same, but clearly some young children are 146 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.639 being influenced by gang leaders, gang members and falling in 147 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.279 that and and that down that path, and that's I mean, 148 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:53.199 that's that's a dangerous situation, and I mean that that 149 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:55.120 that's what I worry about it just thinking about kids 150 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:56.959 who even you know, there are parents who are trying 151 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:58.120 that may not be able to avoid that. But and 152 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:00.399 there's some there's some kids that just don't have don't 153 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:02.319 have anybody really looking out for them to where maybe 154 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:04.800 they're finding, maybe for the first time in their life, 155 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:08.199 a sense of importance, a sense of being needed. 156 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.040 But of course it's just in a tragic way. Well, 157 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:15.000 there's three things everybody wants in life. Love, affection, and 158 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:18.160 a sense of belonging amen, and they're looking for that 159 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:21.160 and seeking that. Hopefully you can get that from your parents, 160 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:24.560 are your family members in the formative years in your life. 161 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:26.680 But if you don't get that, you're going to seek it, 162 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:30.040 because it's a human thing to say temen nature. And 163 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:34.600 sometimes people who are doing the various things seese that 164 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:40.040 and seize that opportunity with individuals and they're providing that. 165 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:43.439 It's fake, but they're provided because people are yearning for that. 166 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:47.319 And that's the unfortunate thing that we have to and 167 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.199 that's what we need to do as families and as 168 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.800 the village, as we always say, is to provide those 169 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:55.720 things by young people. And you know, there's four things 170 00:07:55.759 --> 00:08:00.079 I told my sons growing up, and that is if 171 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:01.759 you do these four things, and you do them in 172 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:06.639 this order, you'll be successful. Go to school, get a job, 173 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:09.240 get married if you want to have kids if you 174 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:12.480 want to The last two are optional. But if you 175 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:15.639 do that in that order, your chances of being in poverty, 176 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:19.399 your chances are being in a bad situation are minimized. 177 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:20.560 I'm not saying if you do it. 178 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:22.439 Out of order that you can't make it just makes 179 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.399 it much more difficult. And I know this seems very simplistic, 180 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:27.920 but it's good medicine. I told him, I say, you 181 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:29.680 can dip it in your own chocolate, do what you 182 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:31.439 whatever you want to do. And I know they say, 183 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.200 you know, I'm from a different era than I am, 184 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:35.120 but I know there are certain things in the society 185 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.480 that try it true and test it and still work. 186 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:37.840 Yeah. 187 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:39.639 And I tell you what, when it comes to going 188 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:41.919 to school and then getting getting a job, whatever that 189 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:44.320 may be, that that could that could end up being 190 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:46.919 where you find that that sense of Okay, I have it. 191 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:48.799 Wherever I'm doing, I I have a role here. 192 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.759 It's important, it's it essential and some people may not 193 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:54.000 even realize that that can be fulfilling until they get it. 194 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:56.159 The human element is a powerful thing, and that is 195 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:58.200 I can just I can just envision a scenario where 196 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.879 there's there's a a teenager that didn't even really know 197 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.399 they were seeking that as far as feeling like they 198 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.279 belong and then they get a little taste of it 199 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:09.240 from probably somebody that wants to welcome them into a 200 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.440 life of violent crime and a gang and then it 201 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.960 just you know, that's the worst case scenario. 202 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.600 What happens you know, Nick, when you're a baby and 203 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:19.960 all you know is baby food, that's okay until you 204 00:09:19.960 --> 00:09:20.919 get some barbecue ribs. 205 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.919 You don't want baby food anymore. Now, Well, that's life 206 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:24.480 well said. 207 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:26.840 And I think when you get a good taste of 208 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:29.480 a good thing, and hopefully it's the right thing, you're 209 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:32.360 going to do great things. And all the listeners that 210 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:35.840 are hearing today, you know, you've heard me many years, 211 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:39.399 you know, bringing bad news. But I want to bring 212 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:42.879 some good news today. And in spite of everything that's happening, 213 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:45.039 there are some good people that are going to rise 214 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:47.120 up out of this. And even though there's some families 215 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.200 that I feel for them exactly what they're going through 216 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:53.360 right now. It's nobody wants to be burying their child 217 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:56.799 or some of these acts were committed in front of 218 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:59.039 children and their own children when they. 219 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.240 Were doing that, and that alone is the traumatic experience. 220 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:05.240 It's traumatic and it's terrible, and that's another reason why 221 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.200 we've got to get a handle on and then get 222 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:10.000 a handle on it quickly. A couple of things outside 223 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:12.879 of that, I do want to implore our folks to do. 224 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.399 Over the weekend. You got State Fair going on. There's 225 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:16.840 gonna be a traffic pattern there. 226 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:18.919 You want to go to our website and check that 227 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.960 out and then iron Man Sunday, because that may inconvence 228 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.360 some folks and they might want to go to our 229 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.200 website to see what roads are closing everything like that. 230 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:32.120 But imparting today. I just pray for our community. 231 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:34.679 I pray for our leadership and those who have a 232 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:37.840 passion for our community. And I think we all do 233 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:39.480 in our own way, but there are some people out 234 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:42.480 in the forefront and I'm certainly praying for them that 235 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:45.120 we can bring some closure and clarity. And those who 236 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:47.720 are having to make fumal arrangements. You didn't think you 237 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:48.200 were going to. 238 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:48.720 Have to make. 239 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.240 God bless you real good when you're going through this. 240 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.320 And certainly the Little Metro Police Department is going to 241 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:59.720 do everything we can to hopefully bring some closure to 242 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:02.919 the this, and we're asking the communities helping and helping 243 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.879 us get there, and the Mayor's office is doing all 244 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:09.679 that they can. They're sincere folks, And I know you're 245 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:11.879 going to have him in here later and you know 246 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:14.600 he can have his own thing to say about that, 247 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:17.279 but I just want him to know that we're behind him. 248 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.399 When everybody is because all of us want the community 249 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:23.519 that I've grown up and lived in for almost sixty 250 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.679 four years, and I just have a heart for the community. 251 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:29.440 I sure wanted to be what the best is as 252 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:29.840 you do. 253 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:32.039 Well said, well, appreciate your time as always, I know 254 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:33.919 you're busy. We'll let you get back at it, and 255 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:35.519 always a pleasure to chat with you. We'll do it 256 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:38.320 again next week. Okay, my friend, that's LPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell, 257 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.240 will come back with some traffick and weather updates first 258 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:42.399 right here on news RADI wait forty whas. 259 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:46.320 Thank you very much, Joe. Been a busy morning. 260 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:48.840 Had a good conversation to get the seven o'clock hours 261 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:51.320 started with l ANDPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell. You can tell 262 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:54.000 that's a guy who cares a lot about this community, 263 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:56.159 and a lot of people listening do as well. And 264 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:59.559 it's been been a rough, rough week to say the least, 265 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:02.120 when it comes to just the uh, the violence and whatnot. 266 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:06.039 But and I know some people feel differently and that's 267 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:09.799 your opinion, that's totally fine. But during times like this, 268 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.240 I mean I do feel like leadership is in a 269 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.480 pretty good place here in Louisville and in a variety 270 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:19.919 of ways. And that didn't mean that everything's gonna be okay. 271 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:21.039 I mean, I hope that it is. None of us 272 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.200 really know, but when I can sense that there's and 273 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:25.759 again this is just me. I'm not trying to say 274 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:27.840 that everybody has to agree, and if you don't, that's fine. 275 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:34.120 But when there's when there's clearly I think genuine support 276 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:39.279 within the Mayor's office and leadership at LMPD, I mean 277 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.840 that that that makes me feel a little better. You knows, 278 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:45.399 it's a it's a put it this way, it's an 279 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:49.360 optimistic type of thing to to It's an optimistic way 280 00:12:49.399 --> 00:12:51.480 to look at it. Because again, not to say that 281 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:53.679 it's all on leadership, it is clearly that's that's I mean, 282 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:57.080 they're in those positions for obvious reasons. However, the community 283 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:00.879 has to do their part as well. And I do 284 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:03.039 feel like what Dwight Mitchell said is true is that 285 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.080 it does seem as if now at this point, just 286 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:07.159 because of the heightened awareness of everything that's been going on, 287 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:09.759 that there's at least more that weren't paying as much 288 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:13.360 attention that now realize. Okay, anything I can do to help, 289 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.919 because nobody wants any of this to happen, but clearly 290 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.519 it's still happening, and it's a tragic situation all the 291 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:20.679 way around. But we're going to talk to me with 292 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:22.720 Greenberg coming up here at eight o'clock. It is seven 293 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:25.159 thirty six here at Kentucky and his morning news on 294 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:29.080 news radio eight forty whas I can tell you this, 295 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:33.240 I was a little surprised to see these numbers, but 296 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:35.840 it's legit. One of those things that I had to 297 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:39.039 just do a double take and actually make sure I 298 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:42.600 wasn't reading some fake news stuff. But I guess this 299 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:46.559 is good, I suppose. But drinking alcohol is apparently no 300 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:49.080 longer as as common as it once was, So the 301 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:52.799 alcohol consumption in the United States has dropped fifty four percent, 302 00:13:53.080 --> 00:13:57.200 the lowest in America since nineteen thirty nine. I would 303 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:01.399 have guessed that alcohol consumption was maybe slightly up because 304 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:04.600 of just you know, you know, and again people some 305 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:09.559 people drink for just I guess there's a lot of 306 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:12.000 different reasons why somebody would drink alcohol. But I'm looking 307 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:13.679 at these numbers here, and that's why I'm spending my wheels, 308 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:15.080 because I'm just trying to see if there's if there's 309 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:18.320 a specific factor that is believed to have been most 310 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:21.440 impactful here in people not drinking quite as much as 311 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:23.840 they as they once did. But it says fifty four 312 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:27.039 percent of Americans say they drink alcohol, the lowest figure 313 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.080 in this survey or this study's eighty six year history 314 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:34.320 of asking that exact question. So it's down from sixty 315 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:37.360 two percent in twenty twenty three and fifty eight percent 316 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:40.320 in twenty twenty four, which, of course that's a pretty 317 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:44.159 sharp two year slide. So consumption rates hovered between sixty 318 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:46.519 to seven seventy percent for decades, with spikes in the 319 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:49.399 seventies in the early eighties. And I guess the factors 320 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:53.720 that they believe have led to this is health consciousness, 321 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:59.360 rise of non alcoholic alternatives, changing social norms, and younger 322 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:01.200 generation drinking less. 323 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:04.840 Can I confess something real quick. I love drinking non 324 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:10.480 alcoholic beer. Really yes. Whenever I go over to so 325 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:13.360 my my in laws, they're also they're they're the keepers 326 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:15.480 of the non alcoholic beer, at least when it comes 327 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:17.080 to people that I go over, you know, to their 328 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:18.759 house or whatever. And so when we get in their 329 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:21.799 southern comfort hot tub. I like to drink one of those. 330 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:25.320 Did that come with Dwight whit and making weekly appearances nude? 331 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:29.360 No, thankfully it did not with nude Dwight Wind appearance. 332 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:32.399 They got ripped off then yes me, but yes, and. 333 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:32.679 You know me. 334 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:34.679 I'm not a big alcohol drinker in general, but for 335 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:37.440 some reason, whenever I tried one of those non alcoholics, 336 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:40.320 it's just I think I like the taste of beer 337 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:43.919 without the without the alcohol inside that makes sense, the 338 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:45.120 weediness of it? 339 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:45.360 Is it? 340 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:45.480 So? 341 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.440 Is it non alcoholic like light beer? 342 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:48.120 Is it crab? 343 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:51.519 I've had different kinds, but the one I had most 344 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:54.039 recently was a michelob Ultra that was zero percent. 345 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:57.919 Yeah, I mean, I don't know many that that do 346 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:01.480 it regularly, But I mean I used to think beer 347 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:03.480 was disgusting as far as the taste. When I was 348 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:05.639 in my early twenties. I just threw it down the 349 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:07.559 neck for effect, if that makes sense, right, like to 350 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:11.320 get drunk, because I was a young twenty something year 351 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:13.519 old that just you know, was clearly in a different 352 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:15.679 life at that point. But now, I mean, I clearly 353 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.720 have a beer with dinner, and it's not because I'm 354 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.360 trying to, you know, take the edge off, for get 355 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:21.159 a buzz. It's because I do like the taste of it. 356 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:23.679 So I'm sure if I never could have alcohol again, 357 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.080 but yet one was presented to me in the same taste, 358 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.159 but it didn't include the alcohol itself, I'm sure I 359 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:31.120 would still enjoy it. But you know, and this is 360 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:33.759 one of those stories that I probably should have held 361 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:35.759 off because it just popped up in front of me, 362 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:37.720 and I'm kind of reading through it as we speak. 363 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.559 That's why I'm kind of spinning my wheels here. But 364 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:42.279 as I'm now looking at the possible factors, they mentioned 365 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:46.679 alcoholic alternatives. Of course, that's certainly non alcoholic beer. But 366 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:51.360 I also think that if you're just trying to catch 367 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:57.080 a buzz, essentially relax, I mean, clearly getting inebriated to 368 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:59.480 an extent can just relax. You know. Obviously there's a 369 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:02.480 difference in being you know, slightly buzzed and being hammered drunk, 370 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:05.319 but you can now get the same. 371 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:08.960 Level of, like, I guess, relaxation. 372 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:10.519 I mean, that's probably not the right word to use 373 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:14.079 with different things like like THC products. I mean, they 374 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:18.920 now sell seltzers that include the effects that you get 375 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.960 from THHC and like Delta, Delta eight, Delta nine, and 376 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:25.039 you know, it's we talked about it. Actually, it was 377 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:26.640 one of the first things we've discussed when I when 378 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.319 I took over the mornings, is that, you know, regulating 379 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:31.519 that is certainly it's been a it's been a story 380 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:34.119 because it's it's a new thing. But man, clearly there's 381 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:36.799 a market for it because these manufacturers have realized that 382 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.759 this is a product that'll take off. And I think 383 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:40.039 it is taking off, to be honest with you, And 384 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:43.200 I've yet to try one, but I would know that, Yeah, 385 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:46.680 I got to be a little mindful of of of 386 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:50.240 this effect. You know, I can't drink these. I can't 387 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.200 throw three of these down the neck like I would 388 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:55.440 a high noon because it won't get me intoxicated to 389 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.680 the level of being drunk, but it'll you know, I'll 390 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:02.119 be impaired and it could be you know, either it'd 391 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.799 probably be a lot worse. To be honest with you, again, 392 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:06.200 you never know until you try. But yes, that when 393 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:08.000 I'm trying to think, okay, like why would people stop 394 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:12.000 drinking alcohol? Like all these factors they mentioned here makes sense, 395 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:14.400 And John is an example to where he likes non 396 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:16.920 alcoholic beer and maybe there's a I mean again, I 397 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:19.480 will say this, I see it more now marketed in 398 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:23.079 stores than I ever used to, because clearly they've learned that, yeah, 399 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:25.839 we can make this and people will enjoy it despite 400 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:28.799 it not having any alcohol at all. Do you have 401 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:31.279