1: The Eye of the Storm

Dig

Louisville Public Media

Louisville, Documentary, Truecrime, Kentucky, Society & Culture, News, Society & Culture/documentary, Investigation, True Crime

4.6 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Barbecue chef David McAtee was a staple at 26th & Broadway, and a bridge between the police and his community.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	From LPN Louisville Public Media.
0:04.0	A listener note, this episode contains audio of a police shooting.
0:10.0	New bag, Miss Nell, Mississippi Snickers,
0:15.0	visit hers, if you were other things.
0:18.0	It's a Sunday night in late May 2020,
0:21.0	and the party's popping at 26th in Broadway.
0:25.0	26 Dinos.
0:30.0	You don't see how I look?
0:32.0	This is a well-known and rowdy corner in Louisville's predominantly black West End,
0:36.4	with a nightclub, some stores, and a barbecue restaurant called Yayas.
0:40.3	It's a clear warm summer night, A guy named Chris Smith is live streaming on
0:45.3	Facebook showing off the growing crowd. People are hanging out in the glow of the gas station parking lot under a marquee
0:56.4	announcing cigarettes lottery checks cashed. It's a normal Sunday until it's not.
1:04.0	Police just came.
1:05.0	It's not just the police, it's the Kentucky National Guard too.
1:09.0	They roll up in military vehicles armed in riot gear.
1:12.0	The police have pepperball guns at the ready.
1:14.3	Look, they all got the guns out. People start fleeing.
1:17.5	Shots fight.
1:18.3	Shots fight. Chris Smith narrates. There's a shot fire from inside one of the
1:21.9	businesses on the corner and then a barrage of
1:25.2	gunfire from law enforcement.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Louisville Public Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Louisville Public Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.