This paper offers a policing solution to mitigate these arguments while affording those accused of gang crimes transparency and redress to social media music videos utilized as gang evidence. ![]() Defense lawyers and gang activists raise racial and U.S. Prosecutors and gang investigators argue music videos involving suspected gang members can and should be used as gang evidence. Community activists often argue these seizures violate the individual’s freedom of speech and assembly. Police regularly seize these videos through open source and search warrants and present them as evidence of gang involvement. In modern times, gangs have utilized the power of social media to spread their message of power and control through music videos. ![]() In California, the “Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention” (S.T.E.P.) Act enacted in 1988 increased punishments for individuals convicted of crimes involving gangs (Cal Penal, 1988, §186.22 et seq.). There is a tremendous debate between the freedom of speech and assembly versus the police documenting such speech and assembly for criminal trial purposes.
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