List of LASD deputy gangs explained

See main article: article and Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. 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 1992 Kolts Commission report said these were found “particularly at stations in areas heavily populated by minorities—the so-called ‘ghetto stations'—and deputies at those stations recruit persons similar in attitude to themselves.”[3] The first deputy gang acknowledged by the LASD was the "Little Devils" in a later-released internal memo in 1973. One or more deputy gangs are believed to have been involved in the death of Los Angeles Times reporter and law enforcement critic Ruben Salazar during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970.[4]

In July 2021, U.S. Representative Maxine Waters called for a United States Department of Justice investigation into allegations that a violent deputy gang known as the Executioners was running the Compton station of the LASD.[5]

A report released in early 2023 revealed that at least six deputy gangs remain active.[6]

List

Notes and References

  1. News: Lockhart . P.R. . A new lawsuit describes a violent gang in LA County. Its members are deputy sheriffs. . Vox . 28 May 2021 . 17 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210717124030/https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/11/20910315/banditos-los-angeles-sheriff-department-lawsuit-gangs . live .
  2. News: Valdez . Jonah . They've been hidden too long': report details LA Sheriff's deputy gangs and violence toward communities of color . 28 May 2021 . Daily News . 13 January 2021 . 7 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607041815/https://www.dailynews.com/2021/01/13/theyve-been-hidden-too-long-report-details-la-sheriffs-deputy-gangs-and-violence-toward-communities-of-color/ . live .
  3. News: The Secret Society Among Lawmen. March 24, 1999. Los Angeles Times . September 12, 2021. September 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210915181245/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-24-mn-20461-story.html. live.
  4. Web site: March 22, 2021. The Protected Class. Knock LA. September 12, 2021. September 12, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210912041356/https://knock-la.com/lasd-gangs-little-devils-wayside-whities-cavemen-vikings/. live.
  5. News: Tchekmedyian. Alene. 2021-07-21. Waters seeks federal probe of L.A. County deputies' alleged Executioners gang. live. 2021-08-11. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2021-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210721191202/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-21/maxine-waters-requests-sheriffs-department-compton-executioners-investigation.
  6. Dickinson . Tim . Gang Members Hold Positions at 'Highest Levels' of LA Sheriff's Department, Investigation Reveals . 10 March 2023 . Rolling Stone . 7 March 2023.
  7. Web site: 50 Years of Deputy Gangs . LMU Loyola Law School . 28 May 2021 . 10 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210610180931/https://lmu.app.box.com/s/uci2ir4mkpudtvvfp7z8iu4kv1gre1dj . live .
  8. Web site: Fremon . Celeste . The Executioners: Does A Violent Deputy Gang Rule LA County's Compton Station? . Witness LA . 28 May 2021 . 21 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210421121552/https://witnessla.com/the-executioners-does-a-violent-deputy-gang-rule-la-countys-compton-station/ . live .
  9. News: A bowling alley, a boozy fight and allegations of a new deputy gang in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times . 2024-01-11.
  10. Web site: Memo. knock-la.com. PNG. 2021-04-10. 2021-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410131831/https://knock-la.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Little-Devils-Memo.png. live.
  11. News: Blakinger . Keri . 2024-02-22 . Oversight investigators find deputy gang 'logo' outside Los Angeles women's jail . 2024-02-23 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  12. Web site: Los Angeles Sheriff's Second-in-Command Has Alleged Gang Tattoo. capitalandmain.com. March 9, 2023 . 2023-03-09.
  13. Web site: Letter of Complaint. May 21, 1990. knock-la.com. 2021-04-10. 2021-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410131831/https://knock-la.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Wayside-Whities.pdf. live.

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