there s many more brewing at any given time at chicago s cook county jail. you put these guys all together in a confined area with rules that they ve never had in their whole life, there s going to be violence. and that s what you re going to be subjected to every single day. right now, a civil war within the top ranks of the gangster disciples poses the greatest danger to the entire compound. so authorities are getting ready to shake up the main suspects. what we re going to do is within the jail, we re going to transfer them around. we re going to hit their cells and we re going to do it for the entire gang. the operation dubbed hostile takeover will be an attempt to avert all-out violence between to gangster disciples. investigators have recruited informants from both sides, who will continue playing a big role after the key sweep. the jail will be buzzing, for
there s a civil war brewing inside chicago s cook county jail. two opposing factions of the gangster disciples are fighting for control of their organization. just a quick question. investigators drake carpenter and adrian sandoval want to stop them before the conflict turns violent. they ve identified 26 senior members of the gangster disciples either in power or trying to take over. a lot of times, until one person from the street comes in that s heavy enough that says, hey, listen, this is what it is, and both sides green, then there s going to be violence and people here are going to lose their lives. county is already a pressure cooker of rival gangs, from all parts of the city, living under
now that a guy like this gets hit, some retaliation is going to happen. a perfect storm appears to be gathering inside chicago s cook county jail. at the center, the gangster disciples, the biggest gang on the compound. their chief of security has been beaten and nearly killed by rival gang members. the alleged assailants belong to two different groups. the atgs and vice lords. they ve exposed the gangster disciples leaders for being vulnerable. a result of their own internal disarray. the gang s senior ranks are split in two. one faction that s in power and the other that s trying to take over. now the question is whether the attack by the atgs and vice lords will remain an isolated incident.
now. i ll kill that old man. you know what i m saying? take that, bitch. at their height during the 1980s and 1990s, the gangster disciples built a highly structured drug empire, thanks to powder and crack cocaine. because as chicago police and the feds clamped down on them, their ranks splintered and they spread from the inner city to the outlying suburbs. the gds, because they re one of the largest street gangs, we see them more frequently. a lot of times, they won t even say that they re affiliated with a gang. it s up to us to try to learn who these guys are. it s not like it was in the 80s or in the 90s. it s very loose and very fluid. and that s how you have that much internal conflict inside the gang. it was never like that before.
home by racking up 68 arrests over two days on gangster disciple turf. like i was telling you guys earlier, gds are having a night. they have a message of their own to send. basically it speaks for itself. cpd, chicago police department, and the k is for killers. right now a group of guys are coming up. i relate it or attribute to it a video game. they think they can hit the button and get four more lives. you don t. once you ruin this one, it s ruined. while the street operation is in full swing, an alleged gang member shoots and injured two chicago officers. it happens in a neighborhood