Federal agents held a press conference today to announce the arrests of multiple members and associates of the national gang on RICO charges stemming from an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on April 27, 2016.

Forty-eight alleged members of the violent gang—including the top leaders in Tennessee and Georgia—have been charged with conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, attempted murder, and drug crimes.

Among the four dozen alleged Gangster Disciples members charged in indictments unsealed Wednesday, one sticks out: an Atlanta-area police officer who prosecutors say claimed to be a hit man for the violent gang and tipped off other members about police activity.

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