Symbolism will be their downfall
The Minneapolis Police Department hired Thao on February 4, 2008. He started as a community service officer and his badge number was 7162.
7 + 1 = 8
6 + 2 = 8
Badge # symbolizes 88
Chinese criminal gangs like the Triads love their 8's
Hmong territory straddles Laos, Vietnam and Thailand
The fabled Golden Triangle of heroin production in the 1960s.