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Inside information suggested that there may have been an outright rejection of peace talks. And, all this because a member of the gang was killed, reportedly by one of his own. Williams had a more positive spin:

Daniel Ortiz
"We've made to understand that you are having a bit of difficulty with the George St. group of individuals. We're told that the meeting you've had so far have been less than fruitful as compared to the other ones you've had with other areas. Can you confirm and can you discuss that with us?"

Sr. Supt Chester Williams, OC - E.D. Southside
"I refute that statement. I have had 2 meetings with George St. and the first meeting I had with them yes, it was not what we expected but the subsequent meeting we had was very productive. We have Gerald Tillet and his brother. They came in, we sat, they spoke, they open up and we learned a lot. As I've said before these people are deeply hurt and I do not expect that having 1 or 2 meeting with them will achieve what we want to achieve. So I will continue to be in dialogue with them. I speak to "Chiney" regularly and if he have and issue he would normally call me as we try to see how we can work together and try to create some semblance of peace in the George St. area as well as outside of George St. Because the issues are not taking place in George St. if you see that George St. itself is relatively cool. There's not much incidents happening in George St. right now, but there are fractions in George St. who would normally leave and go to create problems in other area. So that we are trying to do - work with them so that we can tell them to stay in your area don't go anywhere else to create violence in other areas. We are getting there. It's not what we want it to be, but I believe that with time and with effort we will eventually get there."