I found this beautiful photo blog while reading about the killing of Dave McAtee. He was murdered while BBQing for his neighborhood in West Louisville. Either the National Guard or local police murdered him. The cops turned their body cams off and left his body in the street for twelve hours, so no one knows who shot him. Witnesses say he was shielding his niece after the soldiers and cops starting shooting into the crowd that was BBQing.
Walter and Marshae Smith had interviewed Mr. McAtee for their blog a few months back. He’d been running a BBQ stand on a busy street corner for a while, saving up to open up his own restaurant. Their blog documents the life stories of people in the neighborhoods of West Louisville. Really beautiful stuff. I’m going to start reading the stories to my kids. Check out the site and buy a shirt if you have some coin. It’s good to support positive stuff like this.
I’m not affiliated in any way with them, their blog just really hit a nerve with me this morning. Also, there’s motorcycles. The guy in the pic is trying to get people in his neighborhood interested in dirtbikes, and wants to get a track built so kids can ride in the neighborhood.