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Community members frustrated over shooting death of west Louisville restaurant owner

Community members frustrated over shooting death of west Louisville restaurant owner
EYEWITNESS TO THAT SHOOTING. POLICE SAY SOMEONE IN THE CROWD FIRED A SHOT AT OFFICERS BEFORE THEY WAITED SEVERAL SECONDS RETURNING ROUNDS KILLING A MAN. THEY FIND SITES. I SEEN ALL THE MILITARY PEOPLE GET DOWN ON ONE KNEE. AND THEY JUST LET LOOSE AND IT JUST I HAVEN’T EVEN BEEN TO SLEEP BEHIND THIS. I’M STILL I STILL CAN HEAR IT PEOPLE WOKE UP MONDAY IN RAISED AFTER A POPULAR BUSINESS OWNER DAVID MCATEE ALSO KNOWN AS YAHYA WAS SHOT TO DEATH OVER. RIGHT. IT HAPPENED AS POLICE ATTEMPTED TO DISPERSE A CROWD GATHERED PAST CURFEW AT DINO FOOD MARKET ACROSS FROM YAS BARBECUE AS WEEKEND RITUAL HANG OUT. SEE SOME PEOPLE HAVE FUN WASN’T NOBODY DOWN HERE RIDING WASN’T NOBODY THERE ON HER LUTON TODAY DEMANDS FOR JUSTICE CONTINUES AS RESIDENTS ANGER SWELLS IN THE WEST END AS MAKET HE’S BODY LAID ON THE GROUND FOR HOURS WHILE POLICE INVESTIGATED, YOU KNOW, IT’S REALLY HEARTBREAKING I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR RAGE. THEY ARE STRESSED. THERE HAD BEEN SO MANY YEARS OF DISREGARD AND FEELING LIKE YOUR LIFE, YOU KNOW HAS IT MATTERED. I AM MY HEART IS BROKEN FOR THE FAMILY THAT HAS LOST SOMEONE LOUISVILLE. URBAN LEAGUE PRESIDENT SIDDIQ. WILL REYNOLDS WAS EMOTIONAL AFTER SAYING SHE WAS AWAKENED TO THIS NEWS AFTER DAYS OF PROTESTS HIJACKED BY VIOLENCE. I’M TELLING YOU. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ALLOW PEOPLE. OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE POLICED HOW WE TRAIN OUR OFFICERS TO RESPOND POLICE RESPONSE HAS COME UNDER MASS SCRUTINY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS OF PROTEST, BUT THOSE WHO KNEW YEAH, THE BARBECUE MAN SAY, HE WAS A GIVER AND CARED ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT MAJORITY OF THESE COPS THIS OUT HER NOW. HE DONE GAVE THEM FREE FOOD. HE TALKS TO HIM THEY COME AND HOLD CONVERSATIONS. THEY I’VE EVEN SEE ONE TIME WHERE O ONE COP BROUGHT HIM FOOD BECAUSE HIS MADE IT. THERE’S NOTHING
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Community members frustrated over shooting death of west Louisville restaurant owner
The frustration and anger in our community was felt Monday day at 26th and Broadway, where David McAtee was killed as police and national guard members enforced the city curfew. WLKY reporter Stephon Dingle talked to an eyewitness to that shooting.

The frustration and anger in our community was felt Monday day at 26th and Broadway, where David McAtee was killed as police and national guard members enforced the city curfew.

WLKY reporter Stephon Dingle talked to an eyewitness to that shooting.

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