This group doesn't have a name that I know of. It seems to be a group of low-income young caucasian males who are involved in the violent acts, and live-in girlfriends doing the "research" in identifying targets. It seems to be a small group, probably a dozen or less in total.

:) Nothing at all unexpected, and more importantly, nothing more competent than expected in gang activity. If I might as, what is their ideology in, say, racial theory? ;)

The person they assaulted recently was identified as follows. Apparently one of the couples involved -- male and female living together, in their early 20's (he has a prior conviction) -- has a teen-age or pre-teen daughter. They dressed her "provocatively" (don't know what that means), and went to the mall as a group. A portion of the group stayed behind the couple and her daughter (he is not the father of the child) and observed anyone who took notice of the girl. The person they physically assaulted was someone they believed "looked inappropriately" at the girl. The LEO that was involved did not physically assault the person, but threatened him with arrest and made other verbal threats after the assault.

Well, aside from the fact that I'd've wiped the floor with the fucking cop in a damned heartbeat with a few swift words... hmm...

I dare say, does the mall know that they are being used for gang-related criminal activity?

Do we know how the LEO and the rest of the group met each other?

Nonetheless, I do think that local corporate establishments should definately be informed when their property is jeapordized by its involvement in gang-related criminal activity, don't you think?