People v. Juarez CA2/6

FACTS

On April 5, 2016, two men were listening to music in their car. Juarez and Angel Ramirez drove by, stopped, got out of the car, and yelled, “You’re disrespecting our hood” and “West Park.” The victims got out of their car and attempted to explain that they were only listening to music. Ramirez assaulted one of them with a “large glass bong.” The victims retreated to their car. Juarez punched one of them in the head. As they drove away, Juarez and Ramirez yelled, “We will get you later.” Juarez and Ramirez followed them. They continued the confrontation and Juarez pushed one of the men. A neighbor, John Sahagun, “attempted to intervene.” Juarez responded by “brandishing a knife.” A girlfriend of one of the victims came out and said she was going to call the police. As Juarez and Ramirez left, they said, “You’re going to call the police, we will just get you later,” and said they would bring more “homies to come back later.” In 2015, Juarez and two other West Park gang members met an undercover agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and discussed selling the agent methamphetamine. Juarez obtained methamphetamine and went to the “buy…