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While reporting a Los Angeles George Floyd protest in May 2020, Castle was shot with a rubber bullet by LAPD. [3] During her rehabilitation, she spent six months investigating the history of deputy gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LACSD). [4] Castle accepted a buyout to leave her position at KCRW in February 2021. [5]
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 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]
Litigation over a 2018 brawl by alleged members of the Banditos deputy gang from the East L.A sheriff's station reached a settlement just before the case was to go to a civil trial.
The latest watchdog report comes as another deputy gang-related lawsuit hits the L.A. Sheriff's Department. Cursory deputy gang probes at Lakewood, Industry stations criticized in watchdog report ...
A 2023 oversight commission report documented deputy gangs at several stations, including South L.A., Century, Lancaster, Compton and East L.A., with names such as Grim Reapers, the Banditos and ...
Read more:Cursory deputy gang probes at Lakewood, Industry stations criticized in watchdog report. Until he was relieved of duty, Saavedra worked as a detective in the department’s anti-gang ...
The district attorney’s office has decided not to prosecute an East L.A. deputy accused of stealing $500 in poker chips during a traffic stop after the driver who sparked the investigation said ...