Gang Leader for a Day #2

Sudhir was a nervous wreck while entering the projects.  He didn't know what to expect and had heard a lot of stories about the crimes committed in the projects.  When he went into the lobby, he was finding his way through a large crowd of black men from teenagers all the way to forty or so.  There was an awful smell of urine, alcohol and drugs as well.  One of the men asked Sudhir where he was going and he told him the numbers of the apartments and the black man responded, nobody lives there.  Sudhir did not feel like challenging the man when he knew he was lying because no one from the projects likes talking to community workers.  He then headed to the next building where he was met by a small group of guys drinking beer and playing cards.  The men thought he was a Mexican from the rival gang (Latin Kings) and were about to assault him when J.T. stepped in.  J.T. was one of the leaders of the Black Kings, a notorious gang in Chicago that sold crack all over Chicago, and in the projects.  After they got to talking Sudhir told him about the surveys that he was supposed to ask the inhabitants of the projects but J.T. said there would be no need for that.  They sat and talked for hours before Sudhir went home.  While he was at home Sudhir couldn't get his mind off of what he had just experienced.  At five in the morning he headed back to the projects, this time with some beer, to hang out with his new friends.  A bond was formed and J.T. liked Sudhir as well as respected him.  Over the next year or so, the Black Kings would show Sudhir around the city of Chicago and take him in.  All of the young blacks now knew and respected Sudhir since he was J.T.'s friend.  Sudhir would see countless assaults and non-stop crack dealing but it was in the best interest of his graduate sociology class at University of Chicago.  Truth is, he liked hanging with the gang.  There was a lot of structure and J.T. was the boss of the projects.  J.T. said, "Everyone is in on everything here" referring to the projects.  Anyone that was using the projects as a safehouse would pay a fee.  Any prostitutes hanging around the projects would pay a fee.  This may sound unfair but everyone was protected by the gang and everyone respected J.T. Without the structure of the gang all havoc would break loose. 
J.T. is moving up the ladder in the gang and is hoping to expand their profits by increasing the amount of crack they buy.  Sudhir knows this and is fed up of witnessing dozens of crimes on a daily basis.