Alderman tricked by her gang lover

This is a member of the Chicago City Council who claims she didn't know her loverboy was a major league gang-banger. Do you believe that? I don't.

Embattled Ald. Arenda Troutman (20th) has told associates she was searching for a long-term romance and thought a fugitive gang kingpin she believed was a legitimate businessman "might be the one" -- and now she feels "like she's been tricked." The associate described Troutman as "scared to death, a nervous wreck" after being questioned about her love affair with Donnell "Scandalous" Jehan by federal investigators probing the Black Disciples street gang. ...Two weeks ago, the feds wrapped up a six-year investigation of the Black Disciples with the arrest of 32 men. They were accused of presiding over a criminal empire that peddled up to $300,000 a day in cocaine and heroin and laundered the profits through legitimate investments, including real estate, construction and a recording studio. The FBI has identified Jehan, who is now on the lam, as the No. 3 man in the Black Disciples. Also known as "Big Scan," he's accused of controlling drug sales in a turf that stretched from the Dan Ryan Expy. to Cottage Grove and from 61st to 71st

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This is the same alderman who gets free police protection outside her home, and who says, "Damn right...I deserve it!" I posted on that a few weeks ago as an example of the arrogance of government officials. Now Troutman has rung up another mention by being literally in bed with organized crime, and being so brazen as to claim she didn't know who she was sleeping with. In Chicago, I assure you she can get away with this. This will not hurt her standing with her constituents at all.