Though no guns were brandished, the bust from a distance looked like classic LAPD, DEA or FBI work, right down to the black "raid" vests the unit members wore. The fact that their yellow stenciled lettering read "RIAA" instead of something from an official law-enforcement agency was lost on 55-year-old parking-lot attendant Ceasar Borrayo.
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Scary… Who do these people thing they are? They don’t have any ability to enforce the law, but still they try and act like they do. Vigilantes aren’t exactly popular with the police.