Hoskins was among 33 people charged with participating in the narcotics enterprise in 2013. Clifford Greene Jr., has argued in court papers that Hoskins had two heart attacks and a stroke “that made him no more capable of leading a violent street gang than Edward Snowden is capable of leading the NSA.”īut prosecutors allege Hoskins managed to live in Las Vegas and return to Chicago to oversee the Vice Lords, which had long warred with the Four Corner Hustlers over territory divided by Pulaski.
“It was as serious as it gets,” Edenfield said as the bench trial got underway.ĭefense lawyers argued the men had no real control over the Vice Lords organization and shouldn’t be convicted in the racketeering case. Attorney Scott Edenfield told the judge Monday that all three “lived the gang life” but were involved in something far more serious. Now, Hoskins and two more of his lieutenants, Julian “Light Bright” Martin and Torrie King, are charged with a racketeering conspiracy and are on trial in the courtroom of U.S.
