Cleveland-area pastor cancels his Chicago ‘gang summit’
CHICAGO — A Cleveland-area minister who told President Donald Trump that Chicago’s “top gang thugs” wanted to meet with him to find ways to reduce gun violence said the decision to cancel the event had nothing to do with criticism from activists in the city.
The Rev. Darrell Scott said the meeting won’t happen Tuesday at a hotel near O’Hare International Airport because three people he wanted to attend, including an education expert who became ill at an airport, had to cancel.
He said the news release about the summit overstated his goals for the meeting. He said he had no intention of trying to negotiate a cease-fire with gang members as the release stated.
“I have no idea where that came from,” Scott told The Associated Press on Tuesday.