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The vast majority of the sheriff's department's nearly 10,000 deputies are not involved in the gangs and are at risk of being victimized by them. "They are a cancer.
L.A. Sheriff's Department announces policy it says will ban deputy gangs, ... The best sales to shop today: You can still save big with 35% off Bissell's Little Green, 80% off Kate Spade and more ...
In a 42-page ruling that is sure to be contentious, a civil court judge effectively blocked the county watchdog from thoroughly investigating deputy gangs that operate within the Los Angeles ...
Accusations against the department included ramming a stick down a man's throat until he vomited blood, choking a man with a lamp cord and waterboarding him, jabbing an off-duty sheriff's deputy for a neighboring county in the buttocks with a flashlight, testing new Tasers by shocking a man in the head and genitals, using a blowtorch to melt a ...
This is a list of gangs whose members are associated with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) (typically deputies). Press reports indicate the LASD has had a problem with gangs since at least the 1970s which has expanded to at least 18 gangs. [1] The department has used the term "cliques" when discussing these groups. [2]
The Compton Executioners is a deputy gang within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD). [1] [2] In July 2021, U.S. Congressional Representative Maxine Waters called for a Department of Justice inquiry into the existence of the gang. [3] Members of the ‘Executioners’ are deputies operating out of the Compton station of the LASD. [4]
In the past, some sheriffs have denied or downplayed the existence and influence of deputy gangs within the department. But when Luna took office in 2022, he reversed course and vowed to ...
The 3000 Boys may be the largest deputy gang within the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. Members of the deputy gangs are tattooed with a "III" on their calf (roman numeral for 3). The tattoo is earned from using excessive force against an inmate then filing a false report thereafter. [6]