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three months in prison. This comes just one week or I guess less than a week after the DJ recommended just one day in jail. And I think there were probably folks hope are fearful that that was going to be the sentence that he got, which would really result in nothing. And then there are some and they're entitled to their opinion, that think that Brett Hankerson shouldn't be serving any jail time. And I'm not here to try

to change your mind. What I've been trying to do this morning is just if you look at his actions specifically, just as far as how he handled himself that night, and again, there's so much more to it than that, and I know that, but he already had a previous issue where he was. I mean, he'd been reprimanded by his superiors for reckless conduct, reckless conduct involving his firearm

multiple times on other police incidents. At least one earlier case, he fired his weapon during a pursuit that led to some concern from his superiors. So firing ten shots, and yes, he didn't fire the first shot, and I wouldn't. I'd be a fool to try to act like I have any idea as far as what protocol is in that situation.

And most people, in fact, a lot of law enforcement officers don't really know how they would handle that situation because a lot of them who serve in law enforcement thankfully for many, many years, because we need people to do that. We need people who you know, are willing to put their life on the line and work in that field. And it can be a thankless job for sure, but a lot of them do it, and thankfully for them,

they never even have to draw their weapon. So nobody knows how you'd react until you're in that situation, law enforcement or not. But firing ten shots recklessly and nearly hitting others that were not involved at all, I feel comfortable in saying that can't be protocol. Now, again, if you're in that situation and you're just you're you're firing

shots because you're trying to save yourself, that's different. But clearly, if they were to investigate just that shooting alone, I mean, it wouldn't be a shock that he was found to

have handled that situation incorrectly. And again, there's no nobody knows how you'd handle it, and I'm not even sure what the perfect way of handling that would be as far as just avoiding danger for yourself but also making sure nobody else was injured and you were able to apprehend who you were there to get and nobody actually got shot. So thirty three months was the sentence, and it does sound as if there were there was some love.

And again I feel clearly if you can't tell, I'm uncomfortable trying to act as if I can speak for any but anybody but myself when it comes to this, to this current situation here. But I don't know if it's because they were fearful that he would have no prison time, or if they genuinely just feel as if

the thirty three months in federal prison is justified. I mean, I think it was Breonna Taylor's mother who later said that she understands what the judge was able to do, and she was able to, you know, basically saying the judge did the best they could with what they had to work with. But it was Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings, who was a Trump appointed judge. By the way, thank

you to John Channon for letting me know that. But she clearly denied a motion for a new trial right out of the gate yesterday and then made it clear that she did not agree with what the DJ recommended for that sentence. So there were four arrest yesterday prior to the sentencing in downtown Louisville. One of those was Breonna Taylor's aunt, Bianca Austin, who was charged with disorderly

conduct and obstructing a highway. Three others were arrested in one of those jumped on the hood of a Louisville water truck. And they did confirm that their employee was caught in that protest and was able to safely exit the area. And I have no clue what type of I mean, if there's anything else that comes of this from the Louis of Water Company. I've now seen that clip many times just on my TV in front of me.

Wlky of course, has been sharing that on their newscast this morning, and that clip of the person jumping on the vehicle is probably has millions of views online. And I mean if I was a lot of times when somebody is not as I mean, let me think of the right way to describe this. When you are somebody that ends up driving into an area where people are protesting, and maybe they're claiming they're peaceful, but they're yelling, they're angry, they're putting their hands on your car making it clear

you're not getting by because they're protesting. When you see somebody try to quickly get out of there, I think a lot of folks just assume, well, hey, they're trying to run those people over. But I think what you need to consider some people may just be very fearful and not have a clue what those people are going to do. And I don't know what the situation was with the employee for the Louis of Water company, but I mean it might. I mean, I think you are

justified if you are. I mean, you never know what somebody's doing whenever they approach your car like that. Now, I don't think that most would just run somebody over and that didn't happen, but clearly they were trying to get out of there. And I think the tone of the message from the Lois of Water company, as far as their statement, I don't think it's a coincidence that they went on to say that their employee was caught in the protest but was safely, but safely exited the area.

I mean, they're not saying we're going to revisit it and look at it. Because you're going to work. You're out there doing your job and you run into that. And again I can't speak for that individual, but if they were scared, I totally understand. All Right, let's get a quick update of traffic and whether Bobby Ellis will get us caught up on the roadways out there. We'll get the latest forecast from Matt Mollosa, and we'll keep

this thing rolling along. If you're somebody that is hoping and praying, one day we might get a four day work week like that could be the new norm. I don't know if it's going to happen, but there's some good data that can only help. We'll get to that in more. Right here it's Kentucky has morning News with

Coffee and Company on news Radio eight forty whas. I could be wrong, but I don't know if we'll ever see the four day work week be the new norm in my lifetime, but I would certainly be I'd be up for it, although I will say when it comes to which day we get off, it has to be Friday not Monday, right, I mean, in fact, I guess they could be really weird where you have a four day work week and like we would get Wednesday off.

But it's probably not even worth looking at the options because I would imagine the five day work week is probably here to stay. But if you want to throw some data at your employer to maybe get them to consider adjusting the work week from Monday through Friday to some version of a four day work week, there is a study that was at Boston College that does given some fresh momentum to the idea of working less without

making any sacrifices to productivity or pay. So researchers followed one hundred and forty one businesses that made the switch from a five day to a four day work week with no pay cuts. Nearly three thousand workers were studied over a six month period and the results show this that the workers on the four day schedule reported greater job satisfaction, less burnout and fatigue, improve sleep, higher productivity

compared to their five day counterparts. So researchers did acknowledge the studies centered on employee outcomes, not as much employer outcomes, But with that it could lead to I mean, if your employees are not burned out, there's no fatigue, and there's better job satisfaction, and of course the productivity is higher. Isn't that good for the employer as well. Maybe So, I don't know if we'll ever see it, but I

would certainly be be all for it. And I'm sure there are some companies that just have, you know, have their own way of doing it. They don't fall in with the norm and and you know, just do whatever everybody else has done. And I guess, more than I think about it, not everybody has the normal five day work weeks. I mean, everybody's schedule can be different. But yeah, four day work week, I'm all for it, But Monday off would just feel like I'm prolonging to get back

to work, if that makes sense, right. The Sunday scaries of a real thing, That anxiety that kicks in when you're about to wrap up the weekend and start a new work week. I mean, that's a real thing. That's why Sunday is an appreciated day for me when it comes to being off of work. But it's not as easy to enjoy as a Saturday or even a Friday, because again it's the state of mind for me. Fridays it's a workday for a lot of people. If you have a Monday through Friday nine to five type of job,

you still get up, you still go to work. It's the same thing that you did Monday through Thursday that you're working towards. But when you get to Friday, you now, at least from a mental standpoint, you know, you don't have to worry about getting up early on a Saturday morning or even a Sunday morning. So adding an extra day off it being a Friday, it just feels like

we're getting there early. But it's all how you see it, and I'm sure everybody sees it differently, but yeah, I'm now I guess roughly, gosh, am I six seven weeks into this new this new role, this new shift for me, And yes, it is a big it is a big adjustment and a big change. But I do feel, you know, knock on wood, I'm starting to it's well two things.

Getting up has not been nearly as difficult as I thought it would be, just because I you know, I mean, my guess is that I'm not I don't sleep that much overnight, probably five hours, so maybe I'm not in a deep enough sleep. But the wake up call has not been brutal. Maybe it's just because I expected it

to be insanely difficult, but it really hasn't been. But what I've learned in my schedule is that the second I feel like, oh no, I'm good, I don't need to I don't need to rest, I don't need to get a quick nap in because I'm not even tired. That will eventually catch up with me, and I have. I've been defeated on a few days where I just assume that I don't need to make some time just to rest. That way, I'm not a zombie either later in that day or even the next day. So I'm adjusting.

But yeah, four day workweek, sign me up. All right, let's get to another update of traffic and weather. We'll also get another sports update from Scott coming up here in about four minutes, and then Rory O'Neil BINBC News set to join us at eight thirty, so stick around right here our news radio eight forty WHS