>>792197>What's the alternative? Letting snitches get in everywhere without any resistance and destroy the entire organization?I wouldn't consider snitching to be petty, but you also mentioned that some of the Latino gangs will kill people for just no reason.
>They don't care about the investigation if there's nothing the police can do about it in court.Even an investigation could be pretty disruptive if it turns up other shit. The cops don't need to prove a murder to get a warrant, or conduct interrogations. Those kinds of searches could turn up drugs, guns, etc., or some of the stupider or less resolute members could get duped or intimidated into squealing. It seems way smarter to just not kill anybody or attract any attention unless its absolutely necessary. The most successful criminal enterprises in American history like the Italian mafia didn't go around just killing random people for the hell of it, or even over petty bullshit like gang colours.