6/19/20 Dave DeCamp on the Killing of David McAtee - a podcast by Scott Horton

Dave DeCamp shares the tragic story of David McAtee, the owner of a barbecue restaurant in Louisville who was killed by National Guard troops during a recent night of protests. McAtee was cooking for a group of friends and customers several miles away from the nearest crowds of protesters, but the police showed up to enforce the city’s new curfew nonetheless. A small crowd began to rush toward McAtee’s restaurant, and thinking that it may have been looters, McAtee retrieved the gun he legally owned, possibly firing into the air as a warning. Some National Guard troops accompanying the police then immediately opened fire on McAtee, killing him with a live round through the chest. It is another senseless tragedy for a city still mourning the death of Breonna Taylor.

Discussed on the show:



“The Danger of Sending in the Troops: The Killing of David McAtee” (Antiwar.com Original)

“UHF (1989)” (IMDb)

“Breonna Taylor Was Always Essential” (Rolling Stone)

“82nd Paratroopers Forward Deployed near Washington DC” (Connecting Vets)



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Show TranscriptScott Horton 0:10

All right, shall welcome and Scott Horton show. I am the director of the libertarian Institute editorial director of anti war.com, author of the book fool's errand, time to end the war in Afghanistan. And I've recorded more than 5000 interviews going back to 2003, all of which are available at Scott horton.org. You can also sign up to the podcast feed full archive is also available@youtube.com. Slash Scott Horton show. All right, you guys introducing Dave DeCamp assistant news editor at antiwar.com. And he writes opinion pieces too. So that's news.antiwar.com and original.antiwar.com. And this here piece is called the danger of sending in the troops The killing of David Mcatee. So how you say it. Welcome back to the show, Dave. How you doing, man?



Dave DeCamp 1:07

Good Scott. Thanks for having me back.



Scott Horton 1:08

How do you say the guy's name?



Dave DeCamp 1:10

Mcatee,



Scott Horton 1:11

Mcatee. Okay, good. I guess you guys know, it's just MC not m AC. So I wasn't sure if it's, you know, McDonald's or McDonald's, you know, like the burger or the comedian. Anyway. Yeah. The danger of sending in the troops. The troops killed this guy. The barbecue. Spot owner there in the protests in Louisville, Kentucky. Is that right?



Dave DeCamp 1:38

Yeah. What he wasn't participating in any protest. But yeah, he's a bar. He was a barbecue restaurant owner in Louisville.



Scott Horton 1:46

Right. So zoom all the way out and tell me the entire story.



Dave DeCamp 1:50

Yes, so this was early in the morning on June 1, just after midnight. On a Sunday night, late Sunday night and the cops the national Guard deployed to a neighborhood which was apparently miles away from any protests according to all the reports I've read on this, and they start breaking up a crowd at Dino's food Mart, which is across from yas barbecue, which is the name of Mcatee's restaurant. And then the surveillance video released by the cops. They released very little. But it shows that a few cops will go across the street to the barbecue restaurant we'll see where some people are hanging out outside and they start firing pepper balls into the crowd. And the crowd starts running into the barbecue restaurant,

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