In re R.S. CA1/4

BACKGROUND

In 2022, the minor was a member of the Oakland gang Case, which is aligned with the Sacramento gang G-Mobb Starz (Starz). He was at a house in Sacramento with three Starz members. One of the Starz broadcast a video to Instagram Live. The broadcast showed a split-screen video chat between those at the house and a fourth Starz member who was driving his car “in the field.” At the house, Starz member Nigel Patterson pointed an assault-style pistol at the camera; another Starz member made a hand sign used by the gang. Then the minor appeared, chatting with the driver while someone at the house moved the barrel of the pistol into the frame next to the minor’s head. The group at the house left the chat. The minor then broadcast a video from his own Instagram account. He filmed himself walking through the house, speaking to the camera, and making hand signs linked to the Starz and other gangs. Midway through the video, the minor looked offscreen and then angled his camera down to show Starz member Steven Lindsey walking by with the pistol from the first video. The minor said something unintelligible. A few seconds later, the minor made a gang sign while stating, “You know…