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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]
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]
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]
L.A. County then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva, left, and then-Undersheriff Tim Murakami at a Board of Supervisors meeting in 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A special counsel report found that at least half a dozen "gangs" or "cliques" of tattooed deputies are still active in the Sheriff's Department, including the Regulators, Spartans, Gladiators ...
A sheriff's deputy who was part of a task force focused on keeping Los Angeles County's jails free of drugs and gang activity was arrested last week and accused of smuggling drugs into a county ...
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 ...
The deputy didn’t turn on his lights or siren, but made every turn Brock did. Growing unnerved, he called 911. “Hi, um, I’m being followed by a police car,” he said in a recording shared ...