![]() ![]() After Sheriff Robert Luna took over as the county’s top cop in December, he restored Huntsman’s access and vowed to “eradicate all deputy gangs” from the department. Members of the groups are alleged to have matching, sequentially numbered tattoos, such as the flaming skeleton wearing a Nazi-style helmet associated with the Compton station group or the sombrero-wearing skeleton with a bandoleer and pistol linked to the East Los Angeles station group.īefore he was ousted from office last year, then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva repeatedly denied the existence of such groups and blocked the inspector general’s investigative efforts, even going so far as t o ban Huntsman from the department’s facilities and databases. A Loyola Marymount University report released in 2021 identified 18 such groups that have existed over the last five decades, commonly known by names such as the Executioners, the Banditos, the Regulators and the Little Devils.Ĭalifornia Special counsel urges sheriff to ban the ‘cancer’ of deputy gangsĪ new report by the Civilian Oversight Commission condemned the “cancer” of violent deputy gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and urged a ban on the secretive groups. “But it’s concerning because it shows no matter what the deputies do, the system is always going to work to protect them.įor nearly half a century, the Sheriff’s Department has been plagued by rogue groups of deputies allegedly running roughshod over certain stations and promoting a culture of violence. The ruling is honestly not surprising,” said Stephanie Luna, whose nephew was killed by deputies in 2018. To the families of those killed by sheriff’s deputies, the ruling came as a disappointment. Richard Pippin, ALADS president, said the union was “glad to see the court has issued an injunction,” but declined to comment further before reviewing the document in full. The Sheriff’s Department deferred comment to county counsel, and the county deferred comment to the inspector general. “My office will continue to work toward the day when the Sheriff’s Department is no longer above the law.” “It’s been a year and a half since California outlawed the gangs without meaningful investigation by law enforcement,” he added. “I’m disappointed that deputy gangs will remain for now, and I expect the county will appeal,” said Inspector General Max Huntsman. ![]()
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