It is a reason to report and also a reason to  get you or your family member(s) on a gang hit list.   This isn't theory, this is actual deadly fact.  

Your ivory tower may have a moat; Latrelle's mother and grandmother and his little sister and brother aren't so fortunate.    Neither are the relatives of  Juan.  Sureno Trece, or Southside 13 gang is in charge in his neighborhood and he knows it.

Last time Latrelle went to school the Crips beat him up for not paying a toll.  The week before that the Bloods did the same because his shoes were the wrong color for their 'turf'. 

Report the gang threats you know; don't saddle the blacks or Hispanics in Portland with your morality and a target on their backs.