| But South Side Commander Williams won't talk about the raging gang war. Now even though beef between Gangs on their turf makes certain areas of the city unsafe, ACP Williams won't talk about it. The media challenged him on it today.
Jules Vasquez
"In terms of the spike, it's important while you wish to sanitize the public information by no longer discussing gang affiliations or the life which you are happy to discuss just a few months ago but because now....."
Sr. Supt. Chester Williams, OC, Eastern Division South
"Jules, I will have to stop you again. From I came, and the other media houses can attest to it, every time I am asked about the gang affiliation of any person who has been shot or the person's criminal history, I have always refuted to give that information. So do not tell me about sanitizing. Murder is something we cannot hide and I do not intend to hide. The public have a right to know what is taking place among them and that is the reason why from day one when I came, I have been more than accommodating to the media because there is certain information that the public must get, they have a right to that. I am not going to withhold any information the public needs to know. So to say that we are sanitizing anything, again, you are being very unfair to us."
Jules Vasquez
"Now usually when you have this intelligence, you reach out to the actors or the players in that gang rivalry and you try to defuse the beef to contain the escalations or retaliations. Is that being done? Are efforts being made to reach out, intervene, mediate, squash the beef?"
Sr. Supt. Chester Williams, OC, Eastern Division South
"Yes that is being done."
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