Rodriguez Defends Sweeps

h Police Supt. Matt Rodriguez on Friday defended a police sweepat the Robert Taylor Homes public housing complex after gang membersthreatened and fired shots at workers installing child-proof windows.

He said he didn't believe police knowingly conducted an illegalsearch Wednesday in the complex at 4500 S. State.

"The situation was exceptional," he said.

Rodriguez, in taping WBBM-AM's "At Issue" program to bebroadcast at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, said he conferred with ChicagoHousing Authority Chairman Vincent Lane and his own legal counsel,John Klein, before the sweep.

"We discussed the legalities. As far as I am concerned, therewas no intention of …