In re A.T. CA1/3
On June 18, 2018, appellant fired multiple rounds at unmarked police cars as the officers attempted to perform a vehicle containment technique on the car appellant was riding in. The officers were members of a multi-agency task force investigating several gang-related incidents of violence throughout the month of June 2018. The violence was believed to be part of an ongoing feud between two rival street gangs—the HOGGs and Decoto—after the murder of HOGGs member Teddy Mejia in 2015 by suspected Decoto gang members.
Task force officers observed confrontational social media interactions between the rival gang members showing known gang members referring to rivals and displaying gang signs and hand signs intended to show disrespect. These posts included photographs of appellant and other HOGGs members making gang signs and displaying guns. Appellant also shared snippets of gangster rap videos made by him or his father, a well-known HOGGs member.
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