civic minded lou was showered with high fives from the city council after he donated $90,000 towards a brand-new police vehicle. and cops were always welcome at the extravagant parties thrown by lou at angel s landing. with one of the officers in the county dated one of the women there for a while? that was me. that was you? yes. but not everyone in uniform was joining in the fun. it didn t smell right. a local informant gave a check it out to wichita detective ron goodwyn, who at the time was an undercover narcotics officer. he recruited two law enforcement heavyweights. and in early 2003, from the shadows, the detective was eyeballing the commune. zeroing in on lou castro. ron why did you become interested in particular? he drew attention to. himself kind of flashy? flashy, he had appeared what to be unexplained wealth. drew attention to himself parties, high option vehicles. each vehicle had an angel vanity plate, with a number our
It s an incendiary message that first caught drivers attention almost a year ago: a vanity license plate with an expletive-laced message "FCK BLM", or Black Lives Matter. The license plate