These were tag-alongs, “gangsters in name only.”
There may BE a racketeering core to the gangs, but it does not imply that activity embraces, or is embraced by, everyone who acquires rights to fly their colors. Which fact folks like Gator and GunLover worked tirelessly to obscure. The worst they could actually accuse was that the gang as a whole was getting baksheesh due to its high representation in CoC organizations.
We have a moment of truth here. Are we going to follow American traditions of law that prosecute specific crimes, or are we going to be a Ministry Of Vice And Virtue? The second territory belongs rightfully to churches, NOT to governments, at least not to ones of enumerated powers.
A class action lawsuit seems to be in order here. Can there still be qui tam (whistle blower) action even if there is acceptance of these non-suit agreements?