This is what letting thousands of felons out of prison early and ending the war on drugs at the national level gets us. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Eighty-one families are now facing their first holiday without their loved ones, murdered in Louisville this year. A violent weekend in Louisville has the homicide total up to the highest number it has been since 1979. Not only are homicides up, violent crime and the number of shootings are up as well. The latest data from Louisville Metro Police shows