Pacman, in particular, was known as a guy who treated the streets like his personal ATM machine. Both Pacman and Tripp were part of a unit created to squeeze drugs out of the city’s neighborhoods, but they seemed more interested in squeezing cash out of the drug dealers. In particular, Silky had been expecting a visit from the cop working as Tripp’s partner that night - Edward Lee “Pacman” Jackson. He’d already been rolled by the cops in Austin several weeks earlier - they had taken $4,000 off him before uncuffing him and cutting him loose. Around here, that kind of reputation made a guy a target. People on the street were talking about how he was a high-level cocaine supplier who traveled with lots of cash. Word had gotten around that Silky was a new player in West Side Chicago’s crime-infested Austin neighborhood, having recently expanded his turf from the South Side. Hanging out at the McDonald’s on Madison and Kildare earlier that evening - he’d been expecting the cops to come for him. But Silky knew that the encounter was far from over. Officer Tripp ordered him to put his clothes back on. He had nothing to hide - at least not where the cop was looking. Silky focused on staying cool as he pulled down his underwear and bent over so that Cornelius “Peanut” Tripp, a member of the Chicago Police Department’s elite plainclothes tactical unit, could finish his inspection. He’d heard of or seen dirty cops do just about everything: steal, lie, plant drugs on people, pummel them. At least he wasn’t wearing a wire, which was what the cops were looking for.īut mostly, it was just surreal. Silky was anxious, of course, and worried: Getting dragged into the police station - especially this police station - was plenty dangerous. Standing in the bathroom of the 15th District precinct, Silky pulled off his shirt and dropped his pants as the cop stood in front of him, watching closely. Illustrations by Guang Lim | Edited by Brendan Spiegel
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