Since the story came out I have devoted a significant amount of time researching the topic and have come up with …nothing. There seems to be no public corroboration or denial of the story other than what’s in Department of Justice press releases, statements, and court filings. That doesn’t mean that the DoJ is lying; it just means there’s neither a public corroboration or denial.
Isn’t this an important story? I don’t think that either the Journalists who support Democrats or those who support Republicans are interested in reporting it. Are they afraid of what they might discover? It would interfere with their preconceived notions? Is such down-and-dirty reporting beneath them? Do they know how?
I want to know. I don’t need context or explanations. I don’t want to know what to think about the facts. I need the facts.
This is why I don’t generally believe anything I read or even see anymore. If it’s something I’m actually interested in discovering whether it’s true or not, I might spend time researching. But there is too much BS out there to do that with everything, so mostly I just log stuff as unverified claims.
I’m not sure which claims Dave is talking about, but there was a criminal complaint filed a few weeks ago that the Latin Kings had offered $10k for a hit on a member of the Border Patrol.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/alleged-member-chicago-street-gang-charged-soliciting-murder-senior-law-enforcement
Nothing unusual about the claims in the affidavit stands out to me as unusual other than the medium of the solicitation was SnapChat, but maybe I haven’t explored the app. enough. I’m also not sure how a private party could investigate these type of allegations. The government presumably already seized the defendant’s electronic devices and subpoenaed Snapchat and others for records. The defendant is advised to remain silent. Innocent until proven guilty, but the charges are sufficient to hold him pending trial and perhaps subject him to other non-punitive consequences.