Even if the Pats were inclined to sign him, I doubt they have the cap room to pull it off. I'm betting that he ends up on the Raiders.
I live fairly close to where Jackson went to high school (he went to Long Beach Poly), and he doesn't have the best reputation around here either. Not surprised by anything in that article.
As far as the gang affiliations thing, context matters a lot. Depends on how old he was when he got involved, and to what degree he still associates with those people in his life. I know a lot of people immediately jump to Aaron Hernandez, but I think people would be surprised by the number of athletes that have those types of affiliations, especially coming out of the LA area. Paul Pierce had his own affiliations, and was flashing gang signs during games as late as 2008, and that's just one example. As far as we know, though, that's not an ongoing part of his life and not an element that he regularly associates with, so who cares? Personally, I don't really care about the affiliations in their own right--that's just a common thing in the area of LB that Jackson came from--but I do care about the fact that he's still involved enough with that crowd that his name keeps coming up in investigations. If it's in his past, then that's fine. If it's ongoing, then that's a huge red flag.
