Report: Chicago Gangs Met to Discuss Killing Cops

In the wake of a controversial police shooting in Chicago, a report that three of the city���s most well-known gangs met last week to discuss working together to kill members of the Chicago Police Department is being seen as credible by that agency.

The Chicago Sun-Times is indicating that the meeting between leaders of the Vice Lords, Black Disciples, and Four Corner Hustlers occurred last Thursday, with an alert issued to CPD members the next day.

According to the alert, while all three gangs are in on the plan to execute police officers, it is the Four Corner Hustlers that appears to be the outfit providing guns to all involved. Additionally, according to police, the Four Corner Hustlers appear to be taking a cue from the recent murder of five police officers in Dallas, and explicitly commissioning a sniper from within their organization to do his part to kill Chicago cops.

While alliances among gangs have been more common in recent years, it is, apparently, particularly easy to get along when the subject is murdering police officers.

The catalyst for this specific, coordinated gang effort is the recent fatal shooting by CPD officers of 18-year-old Paul O���Neal. In the course of chasing O���Neal, who is alleged to have stolen a Jaguar from the suburb of Bolingbrook, officers opened fire. While video evidence of the incident that is still being sorted out, a review of it thus far by the Independent Police Review Authority has already determined that three officers violated various police procedures in relation to the pursuit and killing of O���Neal. It is this public admission that has, in large part, exacerbated tensions over the incident.

CPD authorities have advised department personnel to ���limit interactions and visibility��� for the time being.

 By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large