The department has also been criticized for its longstanding “deputy gangs,” which a report last week by Loyola Law School numbered at 18.
“These deputy gangs foster a culture of violence and escalate uses of force against community members, including fatal shootings,” said author Sean Kennedy, executive director of the school’s Center for Juvenile Law & Policy, in a statement. “The institutional failure to address these deputy gangs in any meaningful way has deprived the community of equal justice under the law.”
Source: NBC News
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