Posted on 09/01/2020 7:56:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The FBI has warned Chicago-area law enforcement that nearly three-dozen street gangs "have formed a pact to 'shoot on-site any cop that has a weapon drawn on any subject in public'," reports ABC7.
According to an August 26 'situation information report' from Chicago-based FBI officials, "members of these gang factions have been actively searching for, and filming, police officers in performance of their official duties. The purpose of which is to catch on film an officer drawing his/her weapon on any subject and the subsequent 'shoot on-site' of said officer, in order to garner national media attention."
Alerts based on police intelligence, no matter how unspecific, are frequently distributed to law enforcement agencies according to investigators, especially when they involve threats to officers. The FBI's "Potential Activity Alert" is from "a contact whose reporting is limited and whose reliability cannot be determined." That could mean the information came from a police street source, a cooperating witness in an ongoing case, or from discussions overheard on a wiretap or other surveillance recording. -ABC7
According to CPD Superintendent David Brown, there is an overall "sense of lawlessness" felt by local police, and the 'danger to police officers is real and increasing.'
"I think it's bigger than a suggestion," said Brown. "I think 51 officers being shot at or shot in one year, I think that quadruples any previous year in Chicago's history. So I think it's more than a suggestion that people are seeking to do harm to cops."
The alleged pact comes amid national protests over several high-profile incidents between black suspects and police officers which has resulted in arson, looting, murder and other violent acts in cities across the country sparked by the death of George Floyd - a black suspect who died in police custody after an officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes.
As ABC7 notes, the warning comes after 54 people were shot in the windy city last weekend - including two Chicago PD officers who are expected to live, while 10 victims died according to the report. That said, there is no indication that the officers were targeted as part of the alleged gang assassination pact described in the FBI alert.
The FBI alert, headlined "Pact Made by People Nation Gang Factions to 'Shoot On-Site' Any Police Officer with a Weapon Drawn" lists street gangs that have become well-known in Chicago the past five decades, from the Latin Kings and Vice Lords to the El Rukns and Black P Stones.
Supt. Brown said on Monday the spike in attacks on police makes it clear to him that "people are seeking to do harm to cops."
"We need police officers and as community members we need to push back fervently against lawlessness," Brown said. -ABC7
Chicago PD told the outlet that they are aware of the gang threat, and take all threats to officers' safety seriously. Federal authorities have not provided additional information.
That’s easy in those hoods. Tattoos, gang signs, selling anything on the street, etc
Plus find the politicians cheering this on.
Sounds like we need modified lyrics to song THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED.
Until WE, the People stop it will only get worse. Like it or not, believe it or not, the Government and the Court System ,meaning the Democrats, with the exception of President Trump are on the side of the criminals. The Republicans were not mentioned because they are not worthy of mentioning. Even though they wish to get rid if President Trump, They do not have the guts to do anything on their own. They back stab and ankle nip.
Should We, the People decide to put an end to this madness before it puts an end to us, there is no telling with whom we must fight. To paraphrase Winston Churchill it is going to take blood, sweat, toil and tears. But what are the lives of your women, your children, and grand children worth?
Given the choice, and as of now you are, which would you prefer, if necessary, die fighting on your feet as men. Or kneeling on your knees in a field watching your kneeling children as a manor woman walks up behind him or her and stuck a pistol behind their head and blew their brains out.That is the price of compliance or surrender. It happened to the Jews and others many times in Eastern and Western Europe under German rule many times. It is the final cost of compliance [wear the mask! medically it does no good, but it shows that you are a good sheep] As for these people who now wish to control us,once they gain the power over us that the German has over their subjects, they will make those Germans seen like Choirboys in comparison. Today you have a choice. This time next year, you may not.
I'd settle for anyone wearing their pants with their underwear showing.
Who’s going to tell the Chicago Gangs that they are mis-using
the word ‘Site’, when the proper term is to
“Shoot them on SIGHT”. Maybe spelling is not a top priority.
They could even throw in some Patriot Act/inciting terror charges and ship them to Gitmo (though I doubt there's enough room @ Gitmo).
Straight up domestic terrorists making terroristic threats. In a sane world, they would be GITMO’d.
“What does Lori Lightfoot think about this turn of events?”
All she cares about are the cops who guard her neighborhood.
But, but, Chicago has strict gun control laws.
How can the street gangs even legally have guns in the first place?
And don’t forget, it’s not “gang-violence” that Chicago suffers from, it’s “gun-violence”.
How long before they drop the excuse of a ‘police officer with his/her weapon drawn” and just start shooting?
Whatever ‘site’ they are on makes it automatically an on-site shooting. :)
President Trump moves a little closer to the Insurrection Act.
“ship them to Gitmo”
and release them into Cuba. Payback for Mariel.
Notice how the severity of the violence is rising? Between now and the election they will be openly killing people.
Will the gangbangers be aiming for the arm or leg as per Biden’s suggestion for police to disable aggressors?
Ah-So....Then BOTH are correct!
I can relax now, knowing the Gangs are using ‘correct’ vocabulary.
Put a $10k bounty on the head of any known Gang Member. Up the bounty by $5k increments depending on how long the targets rap sheet is.
Most likely. They are already there in some areas.
There will be ambushes. Gangs will provoke the police and kill them when they draw their weapons. Democrats will praise the killers.
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