Last year, the OIGsent a letter to 35 deputiesasking for information about the "Banditos" and the "Executioners," two of the more than two dozen gangs authorities say have been investigated over the years. In the letter, the Inspector General asked deputies — ...
Amid the violent incident, there is also a report about these deputy gangs, which have cost millions in lawsuits to LA County. It is not the first time related to violence by deputies. In 2018, The Banditos, an East LA group, got into a brawl with fellow members at a party. It led...
“Do they want a society where you can put burning crosses in the middle of campuses, where you can put swastikas in the middle of campuses, where you can put Mexicans as banditos in the middle of campus?” Acuna asked. “There have to be some standards.” But freedom of speech, say...
'Banditos' Hearing: Dead rats left near LASD members' homes for cooperating with investigations, witness says Dead rats have been left outside homes of members of the LASD who are seen as being cooperative with investigations into the department, a witness testified at an oversight commission hea...