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1 23. MET members are known to share gang-like matching black skull tattoos with the word <br /> 2 <br /> "MET",an ace of spades and the numbers"040". Historically,the ace of spades playing card was a token <br /> 3 <br /> 4 of death used in the Vietnam war by American soldiers.US soldiers would drop ace of spades cards,which <br /> 5 were mass produced for the Army, on dead Vietnamese soldiers. Additionally, the Los Angeles County . <br /> 6 Sheriff gang"Jump Out Boys"are also known to use the ace of spades in their paraphernalia.The number <br /> 7 <br /> 040 is a reference to MET's police radio code. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 24. It has been reported that most MET members also carry challenge coin-like tokens. A <br /> 10 challenge coin is a small token or coin with an organization's name or slogan on it, typically given to <br /> 11 members as a sign of recognition or status within an organization. The token is adorned on one side with <br /> 12 <br /> an ace of spades decorated with a skull and number"31," a reference to the City's Police Department's <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Orange County radio reference number.On the other side,the token reads"MET"and"ODERINT DUM <br /> 15 METUANT",Latin for"Let them hate,so long as they fear." <br /> 16 E. CITY,via its MEET Officers,Acted Unlawfully. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 25. On August 9,2020, five CITY MET police officers(Darin Buchanan,Mark Campi,Oscar <br /> 19 Lizardi, Jonathan McKee, Jonathon Perez) were accused of verbally harassing two teenage girls and of <br /> 20 groping one of them on the buttocks at a Santa Ana Culichi Town restaurant. <br /> 21 26. The girls' family(who had been told by the officers that they were CITY police officers) <br /> 22 <br /> called 911 to report the incident. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 27. The MET members reportedly fledprior to patrol officers arriving and later coordinated with <br /> 25 another officer(Andres Gil-who was eventually transferred to MET)to cover up the incident. <br /> 26 28, No police report was taken. <br /> 27 <br /> >lll <br /> 28 <br /> I1I <br /> CARMALV.CQYOFSmTAANA Co CABBNo. <br /> �aau�r <br />