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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]
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department came under fire this week in a scathing, 70-page report that criticized deputy gangs operating within the agency.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The first deputy gang acknowledged by the LASD was the "Little Devils" in an internal memo in 1973, although they 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. [30]