Today there is an estimated over 235,000 known gang members in the …show more content…
(Associated press 2013)
Though this specific civil gang injunction was denied OCDA’s chief of staff Susan Schroder stands by the use of injunctions stating that “civil gang injunctions are one of the most effective ways to go after gangs, and restore the quality of life to those that have suffered due to the negative effects of gangs in their neighborhoods.” (LA times 2012)
A question that has often arisen has been the question of racial profiling, the united against police terror san Diego wrote an article stating that police are left to rely on how a person looks, where they live and who they know in determining whether or not to label them actual gang members, not taking into account whether the person has even committed a crime. (United against police