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As the story notes, none of these are revelations. They've been around since the 1970s; two of these gangs have Wikipedia pages, and there's a list page compili
by starkparker 4y ago
As the story notes, none of these are revelations. They've been around since the 1970s; two of these gangs have Wikipedia pages, and there's a list page compiling reports going back to 1970: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs.
The only news is that an official report is directly calling them "gangs". Previous official reports had merely called them "cliques", like this one in 2012 from the LA County's Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence: https://ccjv.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CCJV-Report.pdf https://ccjv.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CCJV-Re...
The Executioners are the Compton station and known white supremacists; the county paid out $7M over a fatal shooting tied to the gang in 2019: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-20/lasd-gangs-who-are-the-compton-executioners https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-20/lasd-gan..., https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/los-angeles-county-compton-deputy-shooting/149399/ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/los-angeles-county-compto...
The Banditos are the East LA station: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fbi-investigating-sheriff-20190711-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fbi-investigating-...
- Rebelgecko 4y agoIsn't "clique" just a term for a sub-unit of a gang?