Cops kept binders filled with the names, photos, and fingerprints of anyone they suspected to be tied to the gang. One of the prosecutors later explained, “We were not sure if it was ethical or legal. We had a list in our drawer, and if we got this person arrested, fuck ’em as bad as we can no matter what.” Other gang injunctions soon followed, including one that identified a clique of the Mara Salvatrucha in Hollywood.
