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In an extensive report released today analyzing more than a dozen secret subgroups at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, researchers at LMU Loyola Law School laid out claims of “violent” gangs of deputies, where members encouraged an aggressive style of policing, engaged in misconduct and were sometimes marked by common tattoos.
In the report, published Tuesday by the school’s Center For Juvenile Law & Policy, chief author Sean Kennedy claimed the groups, “foster a culture of violence and escalate uses of force against community members.”