But, it's based in gang politics and retail drug sales/control of neighborhoods. Simply put, La Eme, are mostly dudes serving life (or double, triple life) in prison. They have a beyond institutionalized mindset, they are the #1 shot callers for gangs in Southern California, as a whole, and LA is their biggest area of influence, bar none. Their feeding ground. Often, the purely racial aspect is confined to the inside. Outside, most would prefer their people (the gangs) just handle business as usual. Some La Eme, and like minded individuals from certain neighborhoods have actively tried to murder, intimidate, etc etc to remove other races from their neighborhoods, which are often very homogenous anyway. These actions are reflective of small groups (with extremely hateful racist beliefs) of men holding extreme levels of power in very small places. I haven't read that indictment, but if I do, I suspect I'll see the arsons were committed in a 3 mile radius, or something like that.