I worked LE in California for 3 years in the 90's. I lived in a place called Happy Camp. People, especially most Californians, have no fucking concept of what goes on in NorCal off the I5 corridor. Some people call it the "Emerald Triangle" "State of Jefferson" There are roads there that LE cannot drive down in a marked unit or you will get shot at. The Tribal LE Office at Hoopa has concrete screens in front of it with bullet pock marks from being shot at. Del Norte, Siskiyou, Mendocino, Shasta, Humbolt and Trinity Counties are crazy when you get off the beaten path. Appalachia has nothing on this place.
Back in the 80's the Hells Angels tried to control the dope trade along the Klamath river road. Apparently someone disagreed and smoked a couple bikers with a rifle as they whizzed down the road.
A place called Orleans there was a drunken drugged out riot where they called Humbolt County SO and in the mayhem a building was burned to the ground and a deputy went missing. Deputy or his body has never been found.
A kidnapping turns into a murder and a small child is dumped in a 55 gallon drum ends up in the Klamath river.
Mushroom buyer gets robbed and beaten. They wanted to make sure he was dead so they lit him on fire. That didn't kill him either. His name was Jack he was Laotion. Jack was a good son of a bitch. Not sure what ever happened to him. Skin grafts I imagine.
Add Indians, rampant unemployment, no hope, no running water and no electricity in some places (I'm not exaggerating) and extremely remote country with people who have seen it all and run amok state government and you have a recipe for a generational feud/war. People down there just don't forget. Don't get me wrong, there are really really great people there too but there are also people who will slit your throat for a pack of cigarettes.
