Mlo Characteristics

It is apparent that characteristics of MLO such as its history, its members, its location, and crimes they have committed demonstrates sufficient qualities to acknowledge it as a criminal street gang under the STEP act (Trial Brief, 2006). MLO originated in 1960’s from a group of surfers, members being predominantly white, that wanted to protect Malibu’s Private beaches against non-locals. It later developed into a more serious street gang, who continuously terrorized innocent individuals, committing violent acts such as beatings, and threatening to kill witnesses (Ludeke, 2007). Evidence that exemplifies and validates even more that MLO qualifies as a criminal street gang are the violent crimes they impose on individuals such as beatings.