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Press Conference for Andrés Guardado & Daniel Hernandez happening now. Lawyer for Hernandez family announces lawsuit against @LACoSheriff alleging he is a member of the Bandidos Gang within the @LASDHQ based on the fact he trained a current member. Demands Sheriff show his tatoos
Brother Akili of @BLMLA speaks in support of the families
The press conference was organized by @lacoalition_ they read out this press release, here it is with their demands and Info for you to read.
For more info on the Bandidos gangs, which is just one of the many documented “Deputy Gangs” in the Sheriffs ranks, here is a good article to inform yourselves. https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/11/20910315/banditos-los-angeles-sheriff-department-lawsuit-gangs
These Deputy gangs use tattoos to identify themselves, have hazing initiations which often times leave new members to respond to dangerous calls on their own, fight with other deputy gangs, a “gang culture that encourages excessive force, particularly against minorities.”
And one more read from the LA Times with more Info https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fbi-investigating-sheriff-20190711-story.html
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This report covers a bit of history of deputy gangs specifically at the Comptons Sheriff station, where the deputy who shot and killed Andrés Guardado works at. https://theappeal.org/claims-of-racism-brutality-dog-los-angeles-county-sheriff-deputy-gangs/
& speaking of the devil, another lawsuit against another Deputy Bandido shooting and killing a young man in East LA was just reported. https://www.theeastsiderla.com/neighborhoods/east_los_angeles/father-sues-for-fatal-shooting-of-son---by-east-l-a-deputy-who/article_e15233f4-b7f5-11ea-96e5-db92cda23b87.html
