Chief Steve Conrad shakes up Louisville police leadership, dismisses council's criticism

Its similar to most larger cities within 500 miles. Opiate pill mills created addicts in the 90s. The drug cartels flooded the US with cheap heroin and synthetics and took over distribution from poppy field to stash houses in every city. Gangs split up as their higher ups were put away on long federal mandatory sentences and higher echelons became unnecessary for neighborhood gang cliques to get product. Now cliques led by 20 year olds get their dope from Chapo's people or their rivals, and shoot others for drug dealing turf and personal disputes since crosstown gang affiliations mean much less than they used to. Chicago PD and others there can tell you all about the big picture even if command and Louisville feds are stuck on Fischer compassionate city talking points