In a June 9, 2012 photo, on Chicago’s West side, a high speed pursuit following four suspected gang members ended with the Chicago Police gang unit questioning and arresting one of them on an outstanding warrant. (AP Photo/Robert Ray) “If a dealer paid the tax, his operation was protected from police interference. Watts, according to (Ernie) Brown (former head of the public housing development), was protecting dealers allied with him, while targeting the competition and redirecting seized drugs to his own dope lines.”
