Post by lilhitta600 on Mar 8, 2019 19:38:37 GMT
BACKGROUND
The Chief Disciples (CDs) is the Chicago gang that gained international notoriety in 2001 by executing its thirteen-year-old member "Rock", After allegedly snitching on one of the gang members high ranking officials. It is also unique in its comparison with another African-American gang, the Gangster Disciples (GDs). While the GDs are structured like a corporate enterprise, the CDs are structured more like a country where gang leaders are referred to as "Royalty". The CDs trace their historical roots directly to "King Trayvon Smith". In other respects, the CDs are like many other American gangs in that this type of gang is able to exist over time only by the criminal exploitation of children. This gang does not exist solely and exclusively to sell drugs and do nothing else. It has meetings, parties, and reaches into many non-contiguous geographical areas. It has unique hand signs, gang logos, and written codes. However, it is like other adult dominated centralized authoritarian gang structures in that the vast majority of the "members" are youths, more specifically underage juveniles, and there is one long recurring activity that this gang can at any time day or night be found to be engaging in: selling illegal drugs. The term "putting in work" means selling drugs for the set. The phrase "getting new work" from the gang means collecting a new batch of drugs for sale. This may mean picking up ten bags of marijuana, the proceeds from seven of the bags must be returned to the local gang leader, the proceeds from the other three are "profit" for the individual member.
The vast majority of the illegal drug income goes directly up the ladder of this adult-driven enterprise. Every CD member is required to know that illegal drug sales was the primary activity of the CDs and this was in fact a gang sponsored activity. Much of the "internal rules" for gang members in the CDs are designed to shield the gang and especially the leaders from criminal prosecution regarding this activity.
INITIATION
The initiation ceremony for new members who are becoming CD's is a relatively simple procedure. The members are not required to engage in a violent crime to show their commitment to the gang. The members are not beaten to test their physical ability to withstand pain. The members simply recite the gang promise and will be accepted into the Nation.
RULES
1. All soldiers must share and respect a code of silence, loyalty to friends inside the nation, also becomes a part of that code and the two (silence and loyalty) join to establish the soldiers as insiders and everyone else as outsiders.
The Chief Disciples (CDs) is the Chicago gang that gained international notoriety in 2001 by executing its thirteen-year-old member "Rock", After allegedly snitching on one of the gang members high ranking officials. It is also unique in its comparison with another African-American gang, the Gangster Disciples (GDs). While the GDs are structured like a corporate enterprise, the CDs are structured more like a country where gang leaders are referred to as "Royalty". The CDs trace their historical roots directly to "King Trayvon Smith". In other respects, the CDs are like many other American gangs in that this type of gang is able to exist over time only by the criminal exploitation of children. This gang does not exist solely and exclusively to sell drugs and do nothing else. It has meetings, parties, and reaches into many non-contiguous geographical areas. It has unique hand signs, gang logos, and written codes. However, it is like other adult dominated centralized authoritarian gang structures in that the vast majority of the "members" are youths, more specifically underage juveniles, and there is one long recurring activity that this gang can at any time day or night be found to be engaging in: selling illegal drugs. The term "putting in work" means selling drugs for the set. The phrase "getting new work" from the gang means collecting a new batch of drugs for sale. This may mean picking up ten bags of marijuana, the proceeds from seven of the bags must be returned to the local gang leader, the proceeds from the other three are "profit" for the individual member.
The vast majority of the illegal drug income goes directly up the ladder of this adult-driven enterprise. Every CD member is required to know that illegal drug sales was the primary activity of the CDs and this was in fact a gang sponsored activity. Much of the "internal rules" for gang members in the CDs are designed to shield the gang and especially the leaders from criminal prosecution regarding this activity.
INITIATION
The initiation ceremony for new members who are becoming CD's is a relatively simple procedure. The members are not required to engage in a violent crime to show their commitment to the gang. The members are not beaten to test their physical ability to withstand pain. The members simply recite the gang promise and will be accepted into the Nation.
RULES
1. All soldiers must share and respect a code of silence, loyalty to friends inside the nation, also becomes a part of that code and the two (silence and loyalty) join to establish the soldiers as insiders and everyone else as outsiders.
2. No soldier shall encourage the use of drugs to any soldier or family members of his fellow soldiers.
3. At no time shall a soldier shall point out, refer, or introduce any outsider to the "King", or any of the places the "King" might be without permission from the proper chain of Command.
4. No soldier shall bring inside the nation new members without a screening and a observation period and the approval of an evaluation report by the top of the chain of command.
5. All soldiers regardless of rank or position must strive to help each other and not to compete with each other.
6. All members are to follow ANY command given by the King and his Staff.
LOCATION
W 71st St & St. Joseph Ave
3. At no time shall a soldier shall point out, refer, or introduce any outsider to the "King", or any of the places the "King" might be without permission from the proper chain of Command.
4. No soldier shall bring inside the nation new members without a screening and a observation period and the approval of an evaluation report by the top of the chain of command.
5. All soldiers regardless of rank or position must strive to help each other and not to compete with each other.
6. All members are to follow ANY command given by the King and his Staff.
LOCATION
W 71st St & St. Joseph Ave