Following the police shootings of Breonna Taylor and David McAtee, Louisville has been reeling from passionate street protests against police brutality. Riots and looting sprang forth on the edges of the peaceful protests so law enforcement added National Guard troops by order of Governor Andy Beshear.
The move only heightened tensions.
Here are some of the most poignant leadership, legal, and prominent voices who shared a radio microphone with me to talk about solving Louisville’s issues of inequality and cracked security.
#Louisville metro council member Jessica Green on @LMPD shooting of #DavidMcAtee, protest rioting, small business concerns, the city's future, more 🎙️ @840WHAS audio https://t.co/HNdwo2oLdy #BreonnaTaylor #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/gm2xzUJLmz
— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) June 2, 2020
This @nytimes video adds much more context to the shooting death of #DavidMcAtee. 🎥 https://t.co/JsNNDmeRBu ➡️ The family's attorney @Sromines says @LMPD released limited video to smear David. 📻@840WHAS audio here: https://t.co/eqfrJMeEKo #LouisvilleProtest #LawEnforcement pic.twitter.com/FL002Lb9ve
— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) June 6, 2020
.@LouisvilleUL CEO @SadiqaReynolds on disparate police treatment of whites/blacks, video of the #DavidMcAtee shooting, understanding looting, and whether a curfew is a law or a suggestion. 🎙 @840WHAS audio here: https://t.co/ZaTReaJiBt #race #protests #riots #policing #healing pic.twitter.com/XjExaSaNlM
— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) June 2, 2020
GRAPHIC: video shared by @LMPD of the shooting of #DavidMcAtee. While friends move inside, McAtee (red shirt) goes outside two times, raises his arm, stumbles back inside and collapses. Police giving no further details. @840WHAS https://t.co/E8butZ1qQT
— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) June 2, 2020
📻 @RevJJackson joined me on @840WHAS to talk #BreonnaTaylorBirthday, ending immunity for police, why @JoeBiden needs an African American woman VP, #DavidMcAtee, @MuhammadAli, and his Sunday service with @KWCosby @ssclive 🎙️audio here https://t.co/JkYHdOspZy #Louisville #peace pic.twitter.com/IKn1N2X9Vz
— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) June 5, 2020
📻 I spoke with @louisvillemayor on balancing emotion and logic during a citizen uprising, discord with @LMPD, whether to fire the cops who shot #BreonnaTaylor, and how to convince business owners to keep investing in downtown. 📲 @840WHAS 🎙 https://t.co/zv8YIq7r9N #community pic.twitter.com/cvfvgMnem5
— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) June 4, 2020
📻 Here's @FairnessCamp's Chris Hartman on coupling #PrideMonth with the spirit of #BlackLivesMatter protests "at the forefront of the conversation" calling for change in the same spirit of the 1969 Stonewall Inn riots. @840WHAS 📲 https://t.co/DrJoPXA9qm #BLM #LGBTQ #equality pic.twitter.com/l0gbGqI7T6
— Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) June 4, 2020
As for rioting and looting connected to otherwise peaceful protests:
HEARTBREAK: We saw as this woman clashed with those still looting at 52nd & Market Monday morning. She like many are in the area to cleanup West #Philadelphia. @6abc pic.twitter.com/qltcsQVj7F
— George Solis (@GeorgeSolis) June 1, 2020