Feb. 1, 1966: High Supreme Cobras shot multiple Del Viking members: Ernest Massenger, 16, of 4237 S. Calumet, Virgil Hooper, 15, 5266 S. State, Frank Powell, 16, 3813 S. State, and Nolan Bannister, 15, 3519 S. Federal, at 3820 S. State.
July 21-22, 1966: 5 Stones were shot at Thursday night and Friday morning: Ronnie Rogers, 14, 6434 S. Woodlawn, Lionel Henry, 15, 2604 S. Kimbark, Robert Knox, 18, 6328 S. Cottage Grove, Juan Booker, 16, 6123 S. Woodlawn, and Glenn King, 16, 1126 E. 67th.
July 25, 1966: 2 Del Vikings killed 2 that refused to join their gang, at playground on 41st/Indiana. Killed were Donald Hopkins, 15, of 4022 S. State, and Anthony Smith, 15, of 4120 S. Prairie.
Later that day, 2 of them accidentally killed their 3rd guy, Anthony Smith, 15, of 6516 S. Kenwood, at the back of his neck, at 62nd/Kimbark. They were arrested the next day (Ronald Carr, 16, of 6451 S. Blackstone, and Edward White, 15, of 1504 E. 65th), where they 1st told CPD that Disciples killed him, but later confessed that they accidentally killed him, then changed to Anthony Smith killed him.). Months later, it was revealed that Smith shot Miller, and as they tried to shoot at someone else, Carr accidentally killed Smith after his gun jammed.
Jan. 9, 1968: a Stone named Bernard Wood, 17, of 6641 S. Ellis, arrested for shooting a Disciple named Joseph Evans, of 1220 E. 64th, and TWO (866 E. 63rd). He admitted to it, but said it was an accident.
1 of the earliest homicides, Cornel Steel, 22, a enforcer for the BPSN, had killed Thomas Hood, 40, on Feb. 18, 1968. He was charged for it March 30. A jury acquitted him Dec. 9, and then kills someone else mention below for Dec. 25.
April 21, 1968: Paul Martin and and 19 or 17 other youths arrested in the Afro-American Youth Center, 1470 E. 67th, on narcotics and drinking charges. Martin calls himself the spitirual leader of BPSN. Around this time, it was revealed BPSN had a meeting every Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday at the 1st Presbyterian Church at 6400 Kimbark.
April 1, 1968: a fight between the Double Six Cobras and Raven King Cobras broke out at Parker High School, due to fighting over a coat in the halls. Beatings/shootings/murders all erupted after.
5 days later, Darry Cleveland, 19, of 7057 S. Normal, was slain in Hamilton Park fieldhouse, in an area dominated by Double Six gang. However, he was not either, according to police, he associated with the Supreme Gangsters. The next day, police arrested James Baskin, 19, of 6556 S. Normal, of the Double Six Cobras.
May 12, 1968: A group of 6 Stones shoot Roger Hunter, 18, of 4652 S. Lake Park, in right hip in front of 4210 S. Greenwood, who was with 2 other Disciples. The Stones shouted "Mighty Blackstone."
Over the June 29-30 weekend, CPD arrested BD Harlan DeSavieu, of 625 W. Garfield, a Outlaw Disciple, for shooting 2 Stones. He shot and survived 2 Ten Commandment Rangers, Melvin Baxter, 13, of 509 E. 46th, and Eugene Shanklin, 17, of 3545 S. Federal, in an unspecified date this month.
On July 20, 1968, there was a peace treaty meeting by the University of Chicago, at the grass Midway Plaissance at 59th/Dorchester, where Eugene Hairston and Jeff Fort, met with David Barksdale. About 200 gang members attended. To quote Eugene Hairston "We had a talk about keeping the peace and agreed not to fight each other anymore."
On Sept. 13, 3 Stones took part in killing Sterling Burnett, 21, of 4729 S. Champlin, in an alley behind 4617 S. Langley. Herbert Stephens (Thunder), of 4041 S. Ellis, had ordered it, and Namor Smith, of 9006 S. Green Bay, and Douglas Stephens, same address and brother of 1st, did the killing. They were convicted on May 3, 1970, and sentenced May 22, 1970.
Cornell Steel killed another gang member, James McCane, on Dec. 25, at 4160 S. Drexel, #307. McCane had been shot 5 times, with 2 bullets to the brain. McCane had talked about changing his allegiance to a rival gang.
April 4, 1969: Nicholas Dorenzo, a former #2 of the Devil Disciples, was shot shortly as he left his house, and walked into a gas station at 6701 S. Eberhart for ambulance. He refused to tell authorities about it.
On May 7, 1969, between 1:30 and 2 a.m., 3 members of the Supreme Gangsters (Ronald Vandergrift, Gregory Sanders, and Felix Murry) were in the Shrimp Shop, 817 W. 69th. When Vandergrift walked out, he met 3 members of the Double 6 Kings: Lonnie King, Charlie Smith "Stone," and Steven Smith. King told Vandergrift that he did not belong in the "hood" meaning it was Blackstone Rangers territory. The conversation continued until they reached the area of 69th and Halsted, where Smith shot Vandergrift twice, wounding him in the groin. Vandergrift was hospitalized for 3 or 4 days. After that, he attended a meeting with high-ranking Blackstone Rangers, and was told the shooting was an accident, because the Double 6 Kings did not know the Supreme Gangsters had a peace with the Blackstone Rangers. A few days later, Vandergrift saw the 3 of them in a police car, and the police asked Vandergrift if they were the shooters, Vandergrift said yes but he didn't want to press charges because it was an accident and that they were all in the same organization at the time. However, when the Supreme Gangsters split from the Blackstone Rangers, Vandergrift had tried to press charges.On May 27, 1969, a bunch of Satan Lovers killed a Devil Disciple named Charles Strong, 18. They dragged him from a front porch and shot him in an alley behind 6242 S. Bishop / 6243 S. Laflin. 3 days later, 7 Satan Lovers were charged in court for murder: Michael Anderson 19, of 6123 S. Ada, Bruce Upton 21 (6039 S. Racine), Simpson Beclair 17, of 6217 S. Ada, Leon Rushing 18, of 5715 S. Ada, Douglas Streeter 17, of 6130 S. Ada, Benjamin Smothers 26, of 1209 W. 55th, and Allen Spicers 16, of 1235 W. 79th.
July 16, 1969: Jeff Fort, Charles Bey, and Andrew McChristian all arrested for shooting Jackie Turner, 22, who was a Vietnam veteran and refused to join the gang. Story continued later.
Oct. 4, 1969: Paul Martin found killed on sidewalk at 1506 E. 67th, and lived at 1028 E. 46th. According to him, he left the gang on July 2, as Fort was getting on his case.
April 4, 1970, Maurice Luckie, 15, of 6852 S. Normal, killed by another 15 year-old while watching TV with 4 others at 6932 S. Normal. However, the witnesses told CPD that Maurice had killed a GD Byron Harris, 15, behind his home 6948 S. Wallace the previous day, April 3. Also on April 4, GD Ricardo Mixlon, 14, killed in front of his home 6648 S. Yale. A BD named Robert L. McGowan, 22, of 259 W. 67th, a recruiter, was arrested for a murder.
Aug. 31, 1970 ~11 p.m.: BPSN shoots 1 of their own in Markham, IL. Shot was Michael Weaver, 20, near 160th/Gauger. Michael Weaver joined the BPSN in 1964, served in the armed forces from 1967 till 1969. He pressed charges against Willie Thompkins, Glenn Lee, Fred Miller, and Lawrence Moore (the last 1 was not a BPSN). He got paralyzed to the waist down, and knew others were testifying against Willie in an unrelated matter.
Aug. 4, 1970: Leonard Longstreet, 22, of 6727 S. Sangamon, and James Hall, 20, of 1120 W. 59th, were arrested shortly after James Garner, 35, of 1150 W. 60th, was killed on Aug. 4.
Sept. 6, 1970: BD killed by CPD: William J. Dismukes, 20, of 4848 S. Langley, a Motown Disciple. Note that 4 days earlier, him and Harold Robinson were both arrested together for aggravated battery. Dismukes also has an arrest on Feb. 12, 1968.
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According to a Sept. 11, 1971 newspaper, 3rd mistrial and 4th against Fort, as jury didn't know whether to testify against the BPSN, including due to fear. On Oct. 14, Jackie Turner was shot at and refused to testify that without money or police protection. "I have gotten no support from community leaders or ordinary Black people and I can't get a job because the gang would know my comings and goings." He was with a companion, Charles Hall, 22, in Bessie Miller's Soul Food restaurant, 6910 S. Stony Island, where shortly after ordering hamburger and drinks, bullets shattered through the front window and narrowly missed everyone.
July 3, 1972: A GD leader Raymond Smith, 18, of 1241 S. Throop, killed at 1650 W. 62nd.
Nov. 16, 1972: Charges against Fort in Cook County are dropped, due to the only star witness, Jackie Turner, is now a fugitive on a kidnapping charge.
Feb. 26, 1973: Joshua Shaw witnesses Larry Hoover and 2 others kidnap drug-addict William Young (Pooky), 25, of 7142 S. Parnell, at 69th and Wentworth. Hoover and Andrew Howard arrested March 16. Young's dead body found in alley behind 6814 S. Lowe. Shaw testified, and his dead body, 26, of 1209 W. 79th, was found in an alley behind 6531 S. Bishop, on Sept. 27, 1973.
June 19, 1973: Ike Taylor, 22, Henry Hearn, 20, are convicted of shooting Albert Harris, 18, because he refused to join the Supreme Gangsters. A 3rd person, Ronald Lawson, was acquitted.
April 13, 1974: Stones killed Emil Campbell, 18, of 1464 E. 64th, at 1400 E. 69th. On April 27, CPD sought to arrest Ellis Walker, 24, for this.
2 Stones shooting Stones stories, that survives:
April 17, 1974: Jeff Fort's brother, Bennie Fort, with Bernard Green, were both shot as they walked out of Bennie's apartment building, 6450 S. Kenwood, as a gunman jumped out of the bushes. Bennie shot twice in the neck, and Bernard Green, 24, of 6220 S. Woodlawn, shot in the hip and in good condition. This was for chaos as Eugene Hairston was about to come out of prison in a week.
April 20, 1974: Andrew McChristian, 25, of 7302 S. Yates, shoots Charled Edward Bey's brother Lawrence Bey, 27, of 1360 E. 57th (or 52nd) in the cheek, who survives, over a dispute regarding leadership of the gang.
June 4, 1974: charges dropped against Andrew and his accomplice Ellis Walker, 24, of 5816 S. Sangamon, because CPD did not show up to court.
July 19, 1974: 16 year-old Gregory Shell, and 14 year-old Sirrane R. Traylor, charged with murder of a 66 year-old woman, Josephine Hack, in an armed robbery outside St. Ailbe's Catholic Church, 9015 S. Harper. Gregory Shell is the future #2 leader for GDs for the early 1990s. Shell lived at 8245 S. Blackstone, and Traylor at 7941 S. Wood. Note that at this time, they are both BPSN. Josephine was shot in the neck and ran back to the church and allegedly died in the priests arms.
His son had tried to start his own gang, and Fort didn't allow. So while on the phone from prison, to the Fort temple, Fort said "Son, I told you I keep my promises." According to the snitch Henry Harris, 6 of the 14 ambassadors formed a circle around Antonio. Fort then said "Ambassadors, I want you to drum him until I tell you to stop." When the men hesitated, Fort said "I can't hear nothing." The ambassadors then attacked Antonio for about a minute. His arms were handcuffed behind his back the whole time. Then Jeff spoke to his son alone, then he was freed.
Henry Harris, who is the husband of Jeff Fort's sister, told the courts he tried to get Antonio to escape the beating. When U.S. attorney Theodore Poulos asked Harris why, Harris said "He witnessed something and never said nothing about it." When Poulos asked Harris to explain, he said "He caught me with his mother." "Did you have an affair with Diane Fort?" "Yes."
In spring 2021, I got a confirmation from a GD board member that Booker Ransom was the 1st GD to be killed (this was to clear confusion that all the newspapers mistakenly listed Booker Ransom as a Devil Disciple, than Supreme Gangster.).
When Jeff Fort declared Stones a Muslim gang in 1976 and hundreds flipped to GDs:
-Gregory Shell (Shorty G) was the biggest ranking GD that flipped from.
-The biggest ranking Stone to flip was Kabar, a big Stone general from Moe Town to NoLove City (59th/Halsted). He flipped early '80s when he couldn't adhere to not eating pork or drinking alcohol.
-The biggest ranking for both gangs was Moon, from the West side, a smaller Stone general, to GD, then became GD governor in the '80s, (from Chicago/Lockwood to Kilbourn/Van Buren).
-The biggest ranking BD that used to be a Stone from that flip, was 2: Dirty Mike, who was minister of Henry Horner Homes in the '80s and '90s, then after him, Trey Shawn, who succeeded him in the late '90s. Both of them were originally Gangster Stones (this was before Gangster Stones split off from the Stones.).
Years later, Edward Moore was a BD that wanted to be a leader, so he paid Freeman to flip to BDs in prison in the 1990s for a minister position. He didn't like GDs and hated a lot of their leaders, so BDs was his choice. When he got out of prison, he wore a lot of expensive jewelry and had more bodyguards that followed him then Freeman did (7), so Freeman told him to cut down on both.
The biggest ranking GD to flip, was Valentino, a GD board member, flipped to CVL, then killed by VLs, ~April 1996, because he extorted. 2 months later, a different GD that flipped to MIVL, Nose (Jimmy Lee Jackson), was killed by VLs June 1996, also for extorting.
The biggest ranking GD, Stones, and BDs tortured by Jon Burge.
-For GDs, no board member been tortured by Burge before, but there have been some governors: Meij from E-dubb (Englewood), Mr. Louis, and G Sharp from West side.
-For Stones, 2 Stone general was tortured by Burge before, Darrell Cannon and Pharoah, then the nation enforcer White Cloud, and patrol Peanut.
-For BDs, no board members been tortured by Burge before, but there have been some ministers: KT the minister of ministers, Jackie Wilson (but took his membership away in prison), and Kenny Parker, then a co-minister Melvin Jones.
How did David Barksdale and Larry Hoover 1st met? They grew up together (but did not attend the same high school).
In 1969, when David Barksdale asked Larry Hoover for their 2 gangs to merge into a unity, where did that conversation take place? Washington Park.
When the 2 gangs decided to merge, what church did that meeting take place? At Jesse Jackson's church, 50th/Drexel.
2 wrongs don't make a right.
Okay here is a 2 wrongs don't make a right story. In 1964, this dude killed someone in a robbery murder, finished his sentence came out and killed a rival gang 1969. He was now a Double 6 King, which turned Stone. Then paroled in 1976. Then in 1985, he was snitched on for a murder he didn't do. He beat the case in the Illinois Supreme Court voted 6-1 in 1990. That 1 minority judge, made the "wait he killed 2? What's wrong with giving him the death penalty now?" (Law was different then.). Steven Smith was probably the 1st example of what caused the laws to change. So by 1990, where 1 would be life in prison for 2 consecutive murders, he was grandfathered in. (So while the system wanted to give him the death penalty if he did do a 3rd murder, only 1 judge felt he should be given the death penalty for 2 murders that he already finished serving the sentence.).
Expected another $14 million for 2022.
For Detective Guevara, as of Feb 8, 2022, $73 million ($53 million to 4 people, $20 million attorney fees).
For Sergeant Watts, a Dec. 2023 calculation, of 187 exonerees, who together spent roughly 270 years behind bars, where nearly all sued the CPD, the settlements could total $81.6 million. If the Johnson administration doesn't negotiate a settlement and instead fights the Watts-related lawsuits in court, it will be an uphill battle. If Watts-related lawsuits end up before juries, the cost for taxpayers could skyrocket. City payouts during the 2-year span for reversed-conviction judgments equaled $852,494 per year of plaintiff custody. At that rate, payouts to the Watts exonerees would be $230.2 million.
For money spent on Venezuelans: between Aug. and Dec. 2022: $17.5 million. January to July 23, 2023, to $115.2 million. Expected $255.7 million by end of 2023.
