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ALT Sheriff’s Department announces long-awaited policy banning deputy gangs
ALT and did not receive a copy until 1:05 p.m. Wednesday — minutes before it was publicly released. “It is a huge disappointment that they kept it secret” — which is “not in compliance with California oversight law,” he said. Similarly Vincent Miller, an attorney who has represented several deputies suing the department — including a former whistleblower who was demoted last week — said the new policy would be “useless” as long as the county resists transparency and retaliates against employees who come forward to report misconduct.
ALT A 14-year-old boy was shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday in the city of Commerce. The teenager is one of the last people to see Francisco Nunez, a Lancaster man who was found dead in an alleyway after being taken into custody by deputies alive. In a statement, the sheriff’s department reported that deputies from the East Los Angeles station were patrolling in the city of Commerce.
ALT Since Nunez’s death, members of his family have documented persistent harassment by members of the department. An LA Public Press reporter was pulled over shortly after meeting with witnesses to Nunez’s detainment in East Los Angeles, including the 14-year-old who was later shot. The East Los Angeles station is responsible for patrolling unincorporated East Los Angeles, as well as the city of Commerce. The East LA station also has a long history of deputy gangs operating out of it – including the Banditos.
ALT California launches civil rights investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department The agency has resisted civilian oversight even after several fatal shootings by deputies.
ALT the resolution of cases that stalled during the pandemic and a run of extremely costly settlements, many stemming from alleged misconduct within the Sheriff's Department. Of the top 13 settlements, 10 involved the Sheriffs Department.
ALT A bowling alley, a boozy fight and allegations of a new deputy gang in Los Angeles
ALT But once the Sheriff’s Department got wind of what happened and started investigating, other troubling details emerged. Two of the men in the group — one deputy and one sergeant — admitted to investigators that they had tattoos officials linked to a deputy gang: the Industry Indians, based out of the City of Industry sheriff’s station, according to a law enforcement source.
ALT The sheriff’s department has repeatedly been accused of using brutal force against Black women in the region. In June, a deputy was caught on camera throwing a woman to the ground outside a Lancaster grocery store and placing his knee on top of her. The woman had been recording a police encounter. LASD also released footage in July of an encounter in Palmdale, a neighboring city, in which a deputy was seen punching a woman twice in the face as she held her newborn baby. “Sheriffs are running rampant in Antelope Valley and are allowed to harm Black women especially and nothing is happening,” said Cullors. “Everyone considers it to be a norm.”
ALT Police fatally shoot Black woman who called 911 for domestic violence Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who killed Niani Finlayson, 27, previously had killed another civilian under similar circumstances
ALT On 4 December, Niani Finlayson called police and “reported that her boyfriend would not leave her alone and then screaming and sounds of a struggle could be heard”, the LA sheriff’s department (LASD) said in a statement. When deputies arrived at the apartment in Lancaster, a city in the northern region of LA county, they could hear screaming, LASD said.
ALT Previously, Shelton killed Michael Thomas, 61, on 11 June 2020 in a similar case. Shelton had been responding to a potential domestic violence call and when the deputies arrived, they demanded he open the door, officials said.
