WE’RE IN
WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME DRASTIC CHANGES. WE ARE RETOOLING OUR
DIGITAL NEWSCAST INTO A WEEKLY
PROGRAM CALLED KSAT EXPLAINS.
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>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR KSAT EXPLAINS I’M MYRA ARTHUR WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE
TRANSPARENCY THAN BODY-WORN
CAMERA FOOTAGE CAN PROVIDE THE
POSSIBLE SHORTCOMINGS
AND THE WAY THAT INVOLVED IN
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS PROVIDING
EVEN MORE EVIDENCE
ENCOUNTERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
THAT TURNED VIOLENT.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY
AND THE LEGACY OF THE ALAMO AND
THE BATTLE OVER HOW THIS
HISTORIC MISSION WILL BE
REMEMBERED. HOW HAS THIS
HISTORIC PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX
HELP SHAPE THE CULTURE OF THE
WEST SIDE. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE
LOOK LIKE FOR HOURS ON A PATCHY
AND WHY ARE THOSE PLANS
SO CONTROVERSIAL WE’RE TAKING A
LOOK AT SAN ANTONIO STORY TO
BEER HISTORY. THE CHANGES IN
TEXAS LAWS THAT ARE HELPING THE
INDUSTRY THRIVE AND BEATING SOME OF THE ♪
LOCAL BREWERS WHO MAY JUST BE
BEHIND YOUR FAVORITE CRAFT
BEER. WE’RE JUST DOING OUR
DEFICIT WE PICKED SO YOU WANT
TO BE LIKE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES.
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YOURSELVES. ♪ ♪
SHOW
SHOW MY PERSONALITY HERE WE GO. WE WANT THIS CANDID OR I WANT
TO THE SUGAR THAT PART OUT.
>> IT’S BEEN MORE THAN 2 YEARS SINCE 18 YEAR-OLD CHARLES ROUNDTREE WAS SHOT AND KILLED
BY SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER
STEVE CASANOVA BUT FORCE FAMILY
IT FEELS LIKE IT JUST HAPPENED.
>> AS HE PULLED UP TO MOST OF
THE SHOT.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE TO WORK
ON THE LOOKING
AT THINGS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT
THE COMMUNITY LOOKING AT
CULTURAL THINGS ACROSS OUR CITY
AND REALLY TOUCHING
ON SOME KEY ISSUES THAT WE FACE
OVER THE PAST YEAR. ONE OF
THOSE ISSUES IS THE BODY-WORN
CAMERA ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO
POLICE OFFICERS OR OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
ENJOYED ALL THE EPISODES
THAT I’VE BEEN A PART OF BUT I
WOULD SAY THAT THIS ONE STANDS
OUT TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE
BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT
HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR
COMMUNITY. IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED OVER.
YEARS.
OVER THE SPAN OF A YEAR WHICH
INCLUDES TRANSPARENCY. YOU KNOW
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
REALLY JUST THE POLICE REFORM
THAT WE’RE SEEING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND HOW IT HAS PLAYED A
BIG PART IN
WHAT ARE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES
HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO FOR THIS EPISODE I REMEMBER
SET UP AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
FAMILY CHARLES ROUNDTREE I DID
NOT EXPECT.
I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO WHAT TO
EXPECT GOING IN.
AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF
THE MORE EMOTIONAL POWERFUL
INTERVIEWS THAT EVER BEEN A
PART OF
IT’S HARD.
>> IT’S VERY HARD CASE AND
WE’VE GOT TO LIVE WITH THE FACT
THAT HE’S NOT HERE ANYMORE.
>> FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON’T
KNOW CHARLES ROUNDTREE WAS A
TEENAGER WHO WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BY SAN ANTONIO POLICE
OFFICER AND WE WERE ABLE TO
OBTAIN
A SECONDARY ANGLE OF THE POLICE
FROM A BODY-WORN
CAMERA SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS
IMPORTANT TO TELLING THE
FULL STORY. CHARLES AND ALSO
BEING ABLE TO GET HIS FAMILY’S
PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
BECAUSE THAT’S
HONESTLY WHAT WE’RE JUST TRYING
TO DO HERE WE’RE TRYING TO TELL
THE TRUTH WHEN IT COMES TO
THESE ISSUES AND REALLY TRYING
TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHEN
THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
THAT WAS KIND OF. YOU KNOW
SOMETHING THAT WE’RE
LOOKING AT INTO FOR THIS
EPISODE, WE’RE NOT JUST
FIGHTING FOR OUR SON WERE
FIGHTING FOR EVERYBODY.
>> ALONG THE WAY I WOULD SAY
THAT OTHER EPISODES THAT HAVE.
YOU KNOW THAT I’VE ENJOYED DOING INCLUDE. ARE I KNOW IT’S KIND OF FUNNY BUT OUR LOOKING
TO SAN ANTONIO BREWERIES REALLY
ENJOY DOING
THAT ONE OF COURSE A MEXICAN
CANDY AND OF COURSE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT DEALS WITH THE
CULTURAL ASPECT HERE IN
SAN ANTONIO, I’VE REALLY BEEN
FORTUNATE TO TELL THE STORIES
AND REALLY GLAD THAT WE STARTED
THE WHEN WE DID BECAUSE I THINK
IT WAS THE
RIGHT TIME AND WE WERE ABLE TO
LOOK IN DEPTH INTO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT ISSUES BUT ALSO
LOOK AT SOME THINGS THAT REALLY
SPEAK TO WHAT THE SAN ANTONIO
COMMUNITY IS AND WHAT WE’RE ALL
ABOUT.
>> IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR THE
STORY ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE
ALAMO TO BECOME A MAGNET FOR
MISS MAKING AND LEGEND IN FACT
MOST PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE
ALAMO ARE PROBABLY MORE
FAMILIAR WITH THE TALL TALES
THAT WITH WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED. MY NAME IS WHAT HE
SAW AS ARE AND I AM THE CREATOR
AND PRODUCER OF KSAT SO FIRST
OF ALL I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT
WE’VE BEEN AROUND FOR
A YEAR. BUT ALSO WE’VE LEARNED
ALL OF US COLLECTIVELY AS A
GROUP WE’VE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT
IN THE PAST YEAR AND
I CAN’T REALLY PICK A FAVORITE
EPISODE BUT I THINK ONE OF THE
EPISODES THAT THAT STICKS OUT
IN MY HEAD
BECAUSE OF THE LESSONS I
LEARNED WHILE PRODUCING IT IS
PROBABLY THE EPISODE WE DID
ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO I
AM FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS I WAS
BORN AND RAISED HERE
AND THE STORY THAT I WAS TAUGHT
IN SCHOOL ABOUT THE BATTLE OF
THE ALAMO IT NEVER REALLY SAT
RIGHT WITH ME.
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY
2 DIMENSIONAL LACKING LACKING
DEATH LACKING CONTEXT AND SO
WHEN WE DID THIS EPISODE.
I KNOW IS GOING TO LEARN A LOT
AND I DID WE SAW
THE STORIES I ONCE AGAIN HE WAS
BETRAYED BY THE WHITE
REVOLUTIONARIES. YOU KNOW
DOWNPLAYED ONE OF THE MAJOR
THINGS THAT STICKS OUT TO ME IS
JUST HOW MUCH THE STORY ABOUT
THE BATTLE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS
INTEL’S AND RETELL HAS BEEN
CO-OPTED BY THESE LARGER THAN
LIFE TALL TALES AND THESE METS
AND THERE’S REALLY A
CONSEQUENCE WHEN YOU WE WANT A
PIECE OF HISTORY. GET CO-OPTED
BY MINUTES AND ONE OF THOSE
CONSEQUENCES
IS THAT CRITICS WILL SAY THAT
THE ROLE THE HANDLES PLAYED IN
THE BATTLE AND IN THE TEXAS
REVOLUTION GENERAL HAS REALLY
BEEN KIND OF SWEPT UNDER THE
RUG. MOST HISTORIANS WOULD
AGREE THAT THE
ROLE THAT ONCE AGAIN AND WHAT
AND SO THERE’S OF ALL PLAYED IN
THE BATTLE AND IN THE TEXAS
REVOLUTION. WE’RE AT LEAST AS
IMPORTANT AS THE ROLE OF PEOPLE
LIKE WILLIAM BE TRAVIS DAVY
CROCKETT WE DON’T HEAR THOSE
STORIES AS MUCH THE BATTLE OF
THE ALAMO. IT’S NOT A STORY OF
GOOD VERSUS EVIL, IT’S NOT EVEN
A STORY THAT IS SIMPLY TOO
CITED WAS PART OF THIS LARGER
WAR THAT WAS POLITICAL IT WAS
COMPLEX AND IT LITERALLY PITTED
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER.
>> REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW.
EVERYBODY’S ROLE IN THAT
WHETHER YOU WERE TO BOARD OR
JUST ARRIVED.
>> SO
WE KNOW ABOUT THE TRUE STORY
ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO IT’S A
MUCH BETTER STORY THAN
THESE MYTHS THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD
AND RETOLD IN FILM SINCE
1950 NITS.
>> IT’S A COMPLEX STORY, IT’S A
HUMAN STORY AND I THINK THAT IT
IS A BETTER STORY BECAUSE OF
THOSE THINGS YEAH THAT’S ONE OF
THE MANY THINGS THAT I’VE
LEARNED IN THE PAST YEAR OF
PRODUCING KSAT EXPLAINS THAT
I’M REALLY
REALLY EXCITED TO LEARN MORE IN
THE UPCOMING YEAR IN TO BE ABLE
TO BRING THESE STORIES ABOUT
OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR CITY TO
YOU THE VIEWER.
>> THE U.S. HOUSING ACT PASSED
IN
1937 LESS THAN A YEAR LATER
DALLAS ON APACHE COURTS BECAME
THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS
TO BE AUTHORIZED IN THE COUNTRY
UNDER THE NEW LAW.
>> I AM VALERIE GOMEZ I AM THE
VIDEO EDITOR FOR KSAT EXPLAINS
AND IN THE EU THAT WE’VE DONE
THIS SHOW I HAVE LEARNED SO
MUCH ABOUT SAN ANTONIO. BUT ONE
THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE
MOST WAS THE FACT THAT WE DID
AN EPISODE ON ALLISON APACHE
COURTS BACK IN SEASON 2 SO
MANY IMPORTANT.
>> CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
COME OUT OF THE WEST SIDE
PEOPLE
WHO HAVE. EMBRACED
AND AND HELPED HIM BAD MIXED IN
AMERICAN CULTURE WITHIN THE
CITY AND ALSO TAKEN IT TO A
NATIONAL LEVEL I LOVE THE
HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF IT.
YOU KNOW, IT INSPIRES PEOPLE.
>> INSPIRED ME TO DO BETTER AND
BE BETTER FOR MY SON.
>> AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO
MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT BY THE
COURT SO FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I HAD RELATIVES THAT MOVES UP
THE COURTS WAY BACK IN THE DAY
AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS
ONE OF
THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNTRY AND
THAT IT’S NOW THE OLDEST PUBLIC
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE
COUNTRY THAT WAS REALLY
INTERESTING.
>> SAN ANTONIO’S BREWING
HISTORY IS BELIEVED TO OF ALL
STARTED HERE. THE MENGER HOTEL
WHEN 1855, THE
FIRST LICENSED ACTUAL LICENSED
COMMERCIAL
BREWERY OPEN.
>> I’VE TRULY ENJOYED WORKING
WITH THE CASE THAT EXPLAINED
SEEN THIS PAST YEAR. I CAN’T
BELIEVE IT’S BEEN A YEAR
ALREADY.
>> AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE
EPISODES IS THE ALAMO CITY’S
BREWING HISTORY, SAN ANTONIO IS
DEFINITELY AN ANOMALY.
>> BECAUSE OF THE GERMAN
INFLUENCE GERMANS ARE THIRSTY
PEOPLE.
>> AND I HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH
OF A PLAYERS SAN ANTONIO WAS IN
THE BREWING INDUSTRY AND
HOW MANY YOU KNOW SMALL
BEER COMPANIES THERE WERE TO
MAJOR, YOU KNOW MANUFACTURING
FACILITIES LIKE THE PEARL AND
ORIGINAL LONE STAR AND LEARNING
HOW CZECH IMMIGRANTS IN GERMAN IMMIGRANTS AND OTHER IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE SO CRUCIAL TO THE BEER
INDUSTRY AND AND HOW WE’VE HOW
FAR WE’VE GOTTEN TODAY.
IT WAS AN EPISODE THAT STARTED
AS SOMETHING FUN AND IT CAME
OUT. AS A FUN EXPERIENCE, BUT
LEARNING SAN ANTONIO’S HISTORY
THROUGH BEER WAS DEATH 0.1 OF.
THE MOST
MEMORABLE EPISODES.
>> PEOPLE IN TEXAS ALWAYS LIKE
FEAR THAT ALWAYS LIKE GOOD
BEER. THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE
BELONG AND I FEEL LIKE THE BEER
THAT WE MAKE IT FOR THE AREA
AND AND FOR SAN ANTONIO,
THERE’S BEEN
A LOT.
>> TO LEARN OVER THE LAST YEAR
WORKING ON KSAT EXPLAINS BUT
NO MATTER THE TOPIC WE HAVE
COVERED IT’S BECOME VERY CLEAR
TO ME
THAT SAN ANTONIO IS FULL OF
RICH IMPORTANT FASCINATING
STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD
AND SOME STORIES THAT NEED TO
BE TOLD IN A
NEW WAY, SAN ANTONIO’S BEEN MY
HOME FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND
I AM STILL LEARNING NEW THINGS
ABOUT THIS CITY WHICH I LOVE SO
I KNOW WE’RE JUST SCRATCHING.
THE SURFACE. HERE AT KSAT
EXPLAINS AND I CAN’T WAIT TO
SEE FOR THE NEXT YEAR TAKES US.
>> PUT THIS IN A DIFFERENT SPOT. SO THERE’S NOT THAT WE WOULD LIKE SHE JUST MOVED.