Police: Three West Side Chicago Gangs Plotting to Shoot Cops

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Police: Three West Side Chicago Gangs Plotting to Shoot Cops

The time is 7:30 PM in Chicago.  The summer sun is setting over the famous Great Lakes city wrought with turmoil.  Anticipation grows as the lights dim in one particular building on West Monroe Street.  Its old ceilings show glory of the era in which is was built.  It’s ornate and beautiful, even amidst the war brewing within the city.  The old building is the Privatebank Theater, and tonight its host to the award winning musical “The Book of Mormon”.  Most assuredly, event goers – dressed in fine attire – will sit in suspense as the curtain raises and will later leave happy as it lowers again.  Their attention is fixated on the scenes of fiction before them.

But whether they know it or not, a war has been declared just 5 miles away from that very theater.  This week leaders from three Chicago gangs from Chicago’s West Side met, putting aside all past disagreements, and are plotting to shoot officers of the Chicago Police Department.

Following last months shooting death of criminal Paul O’Neal, media attention on the Chicago PD has led many to believe that the use of deadly force was unjustified, and the crime ridden city has become unstable.  Media articles have falsely portrayed, yet again, another criminal as the victim and the cops as the criminals.

This frenzy in Chicago has indeed obtained the ratings and readers that the media outlets desire.  However, its cancerous spin has also garnered the attention of the violent gangs harbored throughout the city.  In particular, the biased and uninformed reporters have become the source of permission for the West Side gangs the Vice Lords, the Black Disciples, and the Four Corners Hustlers, as they plan to shoot cops.  Chicago now appears to heading down the path of Ferguson and Baltimore, or worse.

In an astounding directive made within Chicago PD, released by an anonymous source, officers are being told to “limit interactions and visibility.”  That decision cripples uniformed patrols that function on the cornerstone of public connections and high visibility.  The threat to the lives of our brothers in blue in Chicago must be considered credible given such a drastic reaction in changing the methods of patrolling their city.

As we continue to cover the developing conflict in Chicago, we offer our support and prayer to the men and women of Chicago PD.  Help us spread responsible coverage of these events by following us on Facebook and sharing our stories.

As the scenes play out, we think of the Chicago police officers who are holding the line between calm and chaos with their own lives in the balance.  And yet, residents just five miles away can sit in an old victorian theater and relax to watch a show.  To the media whose irresponsible coverage is feeding this firestorm, we say “break a leg”.  No, really.