The Banditos. The Lynnwood Vikings. The 2000 Boys. The Regulators. The Jump Out Boys.

The Grim Reapers.

LASD stations have been run by deputy gangs for decades. And everyone knows it. https://twitter.com/Loganchance/status/1291163299158142976

Btw, here is the tattoo sported by deputies in the very normal East LA Station extracurricular club the Banditos.

Deputies who don’t join have alleged assault and harassment, and claim they have to pay fees directly to the Banditos.

Here’s the tattoo for the Jump Out Boys. When they were involved in an shooting, they got to add smoke over the gun’s barrel.

Jump Out Boys were involved in OSS, Operation Safe Streets, which was an anti-gang task force.

Some JOB got fired in 2013 for being stupid enough to print a pamphlet about themselves. “We are not afraid to get our hands dirty without any disgrace, dishonor or hesitation… sometimes (members) need to do the things they don’t want to in order to get where they want to be.”

The Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums unit of the 90s. Around 70 LAPD officers were implicated in misconduct including shootings and beatings, stealing and selling drugs, robbing banks, perjury, destroying and tampering with evidence.

Very legal and very cool. https://twitter.com/IamErikRussel/status/1291178116593987585

The only way law enforcement can build trust is through transparency, and even then it must be paired with accountability.

My favorite is when headlines label them as cliques.

“Deputy Subgroups and Cliques” https://twitter.com/lasdhq/status/1293955683260407808