Los Angeles city attorney has set a precedent by filing a lawsuit against nine imprisoned members of a street gang known as the 18th Street gang. The lawsuit demands civil damages on behalf of the residents of two neighborhoods, often terrorized by the gang. If they succeed in their lawsuit then all the assets of the gang leaders that they seize, will be redistributed amongst the residents of those two neighborhoods.
City attorney Rocky Delgadillo stated that such a move was very important as gang leaders continued to make money even while they were in jail by collecting illegal 'street tax' and by collecting money from every shop owner in their area as 'protection tax'. This gang operated in the Pico-Union and Westlake area.
To read more details of the case and about the gang leaders implicated in this lawsuit click here.
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