VERY SOON.
THANK YOU DEMETRIUS WE'LL
TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER
IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S GO TO
SOME BREAKING NEWS THAT WE'RE
GETTING HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE ALLEGED LEADER OF THE BLACK
DISCIPLES GANG IS AMONG NEARLY
2 DOZEN PEOPLE CHARGED IN A
FEDERAL TAKE DOWN ALSO
RECOVERED A CACHE OF WEAPONS
DRUGS AND MONEY WGN'S DANA
REBIK LIVE FROM THE CITY'S
SOUTH SIDE WITH MORE DANA.
WELL JUST A SHORT TIME AGO
WE HEARD FROM THE 7TH DISTRICT
COMMANDER HERE AS WELL AS
POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID
BROWN AND MEMBERS OF THE FBI
THEY ARE ALL CALLING THIS A
MAJOR WIN. TAKING DOWN VERY
HIGH RANKING MEMBERS OF THE
BLACK DISCIPLES STREET GANG
INCLUDING AS YOU MENTIONED THE
LEADER OF THAT GANG THAT MAN IS
DARNELL MAKE MILLER HERE IS A
PHOTO OF HIM HE IS KNOWN POLICE
SAY AS MURDER CPD ALONG WITH
ITS FEDERAL PARTNERS WORKED ON
THIS CASE FOR SEVERAL YEARS
WITH HELP FROM INFORMANTS AND
YESTERDAY MADE THESE ARRESTS
POLICE SEIZED 2 DOZEN GUNS AND
LARGE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE.
HEROIN LACED WITH FENTANYL
MDMA PILLS AND MORE THAN
$50,000 IN CASH SUM WHICH WAS
FOUND IN A SOUTHSIDE STORAGE
UNIT AND MOST OF IT TRAFFIC
INVESTIGATORS SAY IN THE
ENGLEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
SEVERAL OTHER HIGH RANKING
GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED INCLUDE
CLARENCE JANUARY KENNETH BROWN
AND CHARLES KNIGHT WHO
ALLEGEDLY SUPPLIED THE GAME
WITH DRUGS AS WELL AS JOHN
ACTOR, THE OWNER OF A
SOUTH-SIDE NIGHTCLUB CALLED A V
75 WHO WAS THE GANG'S ALLEGED
MONEY MAN AND IS CHARGED WITH
BANK FRAUD.
THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT
EVENT, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES
TO THE REDUCTION OF CRIME.
TAKING SERIOUS VIOLENT
CRIMINALS FROM THE STREET.
AND IT SAYS A MESSAGE TO THOSE
CRIMINALS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING
TO TOLERATE. VIOLENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
JUST LAST WEEK CPD AND THE
FBI ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF
NEARLY 2 DOZEN INDIVIDUALS IN
ANOTHER TAKE DOWN IN HUMBLE
PARK THEY CALL THAT OPERATION
