Nah, I think they need to be baited and shot.
If they don’t attack, they don’t get shot.
A bunch of tough guys disguised as weak victims. Wreak havok on one night, and then split, leaving cops and gangsta-wannabees scratching their heads.
I say do the righteous thing, but I am quite aware that gets enemies.
THERE is the only solution. You have it. And it would work, eventually. But you don’t know the area this happened in. It’s dark( street lights still out since Katrina) under old oak trees. The Treme area of town( yes- that same glorified in the cable show) is HEAVILY populated by criminals. A few naïve types live in big homes on Esplanade, but the backstreets are rife with criminals. The tough guys lying in wait would be outnumbered and out shot once the baiting started. It would be a wild-west shootout. This bunch isn’t giving up the neighborhood without a fight.
Ninja types, lying in wait, around the city would work but they’d have to be good, fast and change locations nightly. We’re talking ‘Escape From New York’ conditions here.