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The gang scandal within the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department has flared up again, with the countys top watchdog accusing LASD brass of stonewalling its investigation into tattooed gang members within the department, and the department accusing the inspector general of an unhealthy obsession to attack the LASD.
A new letter to Sheriff Alex Villanueva from Los Angeles County Inspector General Max Huntsman reveals that Huntsmans office is investigating at least 41 deputies for their alleged membership in tattooed law enforcement gangs. The letter cites a partial list of deputies whom the Sheriffs Department itself has identified as allegedly being tattooed members, a list that includes eleven alleged Banditos and thirty alleged Executioners.
The alleged deputy gangs within the LASD operate out of the departments precincts, called stations in LASD lingo. The Banditos are linked to the East Los Angeles station, while the Executioners, according to Huntsmans letter, are a deputy gang based out of the Sheriffs Departments Compton Station.
Deputy gangs have plagued the LASD for decades as detailed by a county-commissioned 2021 report by the RAND corporation and members have been accused of violence, discrimination, harassment, and intimidation, not only against members of the public but fellow members of the department. The county has paid out at least $55 million in settlements to resolve claims linked to alleged deputy gangs.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/los-angeles-sheriff-scandal-gang-activity-1325695/
2naSalit
(86,054 posts)At least there is something written about it, finally.
ok_cpu
(2,029 posts)who had "Operation Ghetto Storm" tee shirts made for his brethren during the Rodney King protests.
AntivaxHunters
(3,234 posts)This account on Twitter People's City Council - Los Angeles @PplsCityCouncil has been reporting on this for nearly 2 years now. They're a great follow but be aware, they pull NO punches.
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tishaLA
(14,176 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)Police do not want to be part of the community. Their fascism holds them above us.
Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and the economy that rose to prominence in early 20th-century Europe. wiki
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)Like you're saying, cops more and more don't think of themselves as part of a community, but as an occupying army. And of course, as many of them are veterans you have to wonder how many of them learned their "craft" by patrolling the streets of Fallujah and Baghdad.
Hopefully, it's not too late to do something about it.
Iggo
(47,487 posts)Initech
(99,914 posts)tishaLA
(14,176 posts)The SD's criminality isn't even a secret anymore and we somehow got bamboozled into electing a sheriff who promised reform but has managed to be worse than even Lee Baca, who was so corrupt that he decided to lie to the feds and ended up in prison for it.
And don't get me started on our billionaire mayoral candidate who just recently became a Democrat (so he can get elected in LA) and is running on a platform of "I alone can fix it" with homelessness as he touts his plan to circumvent City Council to accomplish it. And don't doubt he won't be able to buy the office.
IcyPeas
(21,741 posts)tishaLA
(14,176 posts)very committed to progressive change with all that cred the party change bought him.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Torchlight
(3,235 posts)But I will make exceptions for ex-cons.