Robert Sandifer Criminal
Robert "Yummy" Sandifer (March 12, 1983 — September 1, 1994) was an American street gang member whose murder by fellow gang members in Chicago, Illinois garnered national attention. He appeared on the cover of TIME magazine in September 1994.Nicknamed Yummy because of his love of cookies, Sandifer was a young member of the street gang the Black Disciples (BD). After committing murder, arson and armed robbery, he was murdered by fellow gang members who feared he could become an informant, and that he was attracting too much attention towards their activities. Coverage of Sandifer's death and retrospectives on his short, violent life were widely published in the American media. Sandifer became a symbol of the gang problem in American inner cities, the failure of social safety nets, and the shortcomings of the juvenile justice system.