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From: hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Hucke)
Subject: "Lights Out" in Chicago
Date: 20 Sep 1993 23:04:18 GMT

Today's UIC student newspaper (a weekly), the "Chicago Flame", had an article
on the "Lights Out" gang initiation.   It mentioned that fliers were being
distributed throughout the city. [Insert standard rumor here.]  The UIC
police "also sent out memos warning motorists to be aware of the situation of
the new gang initiation.  According to Sergeant Thomas Kiska of the UIC
police, the initiation is just a rumor and not true at all."

Several fliers are printed on the Illinois State Police letterhead, but
these are apparently forgeries, photocopied from the original homemade
papers.  

"Illinois State troopers and [Master Sergeant] Pariser are not aware of any
incidents that have occured in Illinois based on the accounts on the flier."

There was more to the article (which I'm not posting, to keep the copyright
lawyers away), but not much more real information besides: the police know of
no actual crimes of this description, unknown persons are circulating these
notices (sometimes using police letterheads), and the UIC police have helped
spread this UL.
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January 25, 1995