Los Angeles, in the US state of California, has been plagued with gang violence for decades, and has even been called the “gang capital of America”.
But they’re not just on the streets.
Reports and lawsuits allege that there are deputy “gangs” within the LA County Sheriff’s Department.
Members have unique tattoos identifying which station they belong to and are accused of using excessive force, and glorifying an aggressive form of policing.
Fault Lines investigates the shooting death of 21-year-old Anthony Vargas. His family believes that the sheriffs’ deputies who killed him were prospective members of the Banditos — a gang inside the East LA station, which has one of the highest rates of deputy-involved shootings in the county.
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Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro
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Editor: Adrienne Haspel
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Sheriff in LA they are so. Bad they lie in there reports. It happen to me Bad experience with the department
Law enforcement are enemies to the people. Trust nobody. FTP
This is awful
Fake News
The Wild West is in there blood.💀🫣
They always portray their children as angels… okay mama!
This is no true!
License to kill humans for nothing 😮
God bless all
Every single county in the United States if it has a police force attached to it there is a specific gang for that precinct. Usually it’s comprised of all the people working that precinct sometimes it’s not. But what better way to skirt the law than to be a part of the law?
I like how people only target cops, as there is a bigger threat in “real” gangs in this country.
“The problem can be fixed…if THEY decide to come clean” lmfao so no the problem can’t be fixed, yes let’s wait for the alcoholic to check themselves into rehab lmfao Smfh
It’s not just Los Angeles this has become the norm throughout the US. It’s not just local Law enforcement it’s happening in all intelligence agencies. This is the corruption in law enforcement that are subjecting US Citizens to all manner of crime’s, stalking, harassment ect..
Talk about having a biased opinion lol this isn’t real reporting
Spread this these gangs in the police are known to kill civillians to be in the gang
Democrats run that state they don’t care. Give me 1 thing Nancy Pelosi has ever tried to do to fix these problems in her 100 years in government. Fraud lier.
I’m glad that he was voted out.
That’s what happens when you turn California Portland Arizona into Mexico
How come all these Deputies appear to be Hispanic or similar?? Is that what LASD prefers to hire?
They came for freedom, peace and love…
But they are kill on the street
They came because the same things they ran from in the first place a cop with a badge… cartels….gangs..
No justice no peace ✌️
How terrorists can kill any gang if it gets large enough
Does any one know if this happening in any other state ? I’m from Texas
It’s crazy to see that no country is actually free of violence and discrimination
💔🇺🇸💪💪🏿🙏🏿🙏✌️✌🏿🗽
This is home grown terrorism
Weren’t all the cases dismissed? 🤔
Feds should step like they do everything else
This whole video is just liberal propaganda 😂 what about the ACTUAL gangs that if you speak out against they retaliate by killing you and your family? No we’ll just blame police for everything like usual and let the real criminals go free without blame.
This still has to get covered tho
I don’t know why but when looking at Sheriff Villanueva, I see evil in his eyes.
There are no “gangs” in LASD
Life Insurance, the best you can afford wiol at least have a high powered attorney fighting for wrongful death convictions if you’re ever killed. Without it there’s nobody with power fighting for you when you’re gone.
I RECALL CHIEF BACA
CORRUPT IERA
SHERIFFS
THEY RUN WESTSIDE County JAIL.
That sheriff will end up in jail he was definitely part of one of these “cliques” you can just tell what a POS he was while patrolling. He either was trying to grow his gang by transferring members to other precincts or he was trying to get rid of anyone who might speak up against their crimes.
And it seems like a lot of them are Hispanic… wow
I think there is a cop gang in Santa Anna
Im sure Antifa and the B urn L oot M urder criminal organizations are much more efficient. 😂😅
You ever seen a cop lie before?
Plenty of times personally with San Diego pd and chula vista pd
Here IT IS 2023 and this IS STILL GOING ON
That sheriff is a scumbag
Deputy David pantoja is definitely in a gang 😂
Sometimes it takes a gang to fight a gang
When working in “war zones”
How is he armed with a gun and no single print or dna of his was found on the gun??? That’s a straight out lies from the sheriff department. There will always be protection for their own for men in blue. I am not against policing but I am strongly against cover up for police officers who violate the law and use excessive force sometimes resulting to deaths
That sheriff needs to be held accountable and held at ahigher standard and he should get a higher prison sentence when convicted.when you got 85 percent of officers are dirty i believe its moor like 99 percent because how many cops arrest cops when they break the laws ? .
It says so much that citizens feel safer around MS13 than the around LASheriffs. Department officer’s.
To be fair in a gang or not if you rat you will lose backup in any police department nationwide! The police departments expect all officers to put the blue line before morals and the constitution!
So a good cop reports a bad cop and the good cop loses his job.
It’s time to drain the swamp it’s turned to a cesspit.
6:31. 7:54
I’ve heard cops say we are the number one gang best communication and organization
This virus has spread to Bay County, FL as well. They even call themselves the jumpout boys. They trafficked me in retaliation for me reporting an assault.
Did any of these officers have cameras??
Boo hoo hoo😂🎉
Warriors doing what the military needs to do😂
Close the border
Some people are just ghetto , you can’t change them.
THE WAY HE SAID ” SHOW ME WERE” FOR SURE HE SEEN AND KNOWS ITS THE DEVIL WORKIN HIS MAJIC VESSELING THE WEAK THAT WILL DO UGLY THINGS TO OTHERS 🕙 FOR REAL CHANGE CLEAN OUT THAT WHOLE DEPT .. SWEEP IT GET THE BULLSHTT OUT OF THERE IMMEDIATELY …
HE JUST MADE THE STATEMENT ABOUT IF ANYONE PART OF IT THRY WILL BE FIRED BUT IT REALLY WAS A WARNING LETTIN THEM KNO THERE BEING WATCHED BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS THIS IS SO RETARDED CAUSE WERE PAYIN Taxes TO HAVE THIS ALL THIS GO ON ..
HE KNOWS FIRE HIM IMMEDIATELY GET SOMEONE IN THERE THAT IS HONORABLE NOT THIS CLOWN
Viva Aztlan!
“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
– Plato
He’s ❤ loves 😂,and He destroys
I’m from the UK when I see things like this it’s unbelievable to me I can understand why people run from the police because there frightening and some police will assult you some of them are really frightening police are the biggest gangs going the police are a gang
More low life pig’s pay back war on police
GOOD!!! Im more afraid of criminals than I am of the LA Sheriff deputies. Go LA Sheriffs dept!!!
This does not surprise me in the least. It must follow – as inevitably as night follows day – that if a legislative body becomes so perverse as to allow criminals to go unpunished, then it disincentivises every citizen from being honest. Its’ the old poacher and game-keeper situation. If poachers are allowed to do as they please, then the gamekeeper is going to join in…
Cop pay bills have relationships have morals and feelings why does anybody have this mentality that there any different than other people when they’re not
You cannot have a majority Hispanic police department
This sounds like Lassen County CA, too.
Love this channel cuz it’s unfiltered
The jump out boys were all In south central and watts in 2016 2017 2018 til they cracked down on the 3000 boys and Tanaka .
I support the police wholeheartedly. 💙
Jakes way cops could never patrol our block we make them pigs drive by and not stop
Where are the feds in this. You’d think that Inspector General could get them involved
This type of activity is reserved for low IQ losers…lol
If you grew up in Los Angeles, this is not news
I’m sorry that sheriff department is obviously doing criminal activities. How you going to shoot someone in the back 13 times and it’s justified 😳. But I guess that how the system works. It’s just a bunch of criminals lying for each other and lying in reports. And the state does nothing about it. What a shame.
Those deputies are scum
Y’all KNOW who everyone of them are , And it can’t be that hard to track them 🤓
The Hells Angels also donate to charity. Are they good boys??? 😂😂😂😂
LA has a history of “printless” throwdowns. RAMPART
This stuff is NO JOKE it runs DEEP and we have growing problems RIGHT HERE in the us big ones that arent solved easily its crazy that i first caught onto this following the black dalhiah murder a dr commited that murder in the 50s he had connections all up and down the la department and eventualy court system it ran as high as da connections they told him get out of the us and he did they never presued him after that he was sick sick treated masocistic sexually charged murder as ART like a form of high art or artistic outlet like tourture only a doctor could do super super sick he lived his full life rich man in the philippines and came back to visit his SON became an la detective!
Still no one is more criminal, untrustworthy, lowlife thugishand ignorant than the gangsters and lowlives in the hood. May America become homogeneous
American police are the most stupidist low IQ currupt police in the world and Trump wants to give them more money join the American police join a gang that hate the public especially the black and Latino public this has to stop
Good propaganda
The police itself is a “gang”. Such is life, think about it.
My respect to this mother I would like to let her know that justice is coming to every wicked police officer in this country the Higest judgment is coming from the omnipotent judge believe me is time for this men to humble themselves before is to late be men of honor and ask for forgiveness while there’s still time vengeance is mine says the LORD GOD Almighty it
Running from Deputy’s at 3 AM is hard to defend.
Crooked cops are the real criminals
You mean to tell me places where there is higher crime rates theres more officer involved shootings?
Nah, can’t be.
I dont believe it!
3000 boys those elevator rides were rough.
Alot of thus stuff happened cause of war draft.. guys like richard ramerez formed(from his veteran cousin)… etc and still exist in by vietnam viets… easy to track down… and council about what they are doing… and what happened to them to cause them after drug abuse to still act like this at their older age..
Pedophiles on politics criminals in police forces. And retards still pit their trust into their hands.
OBAMA WAS A BLACK PANTHER AND I SUPPOSE THATS OK?
I see what appears to be healed BULLET HOLE on your LEFT CHEEK. YOUR SON CAUSED HIS OWN DEMISE..
This guy has a grin on him ,he knows,he transferred there . Would you transfer to a station with that reputation,not unless you want in .
gangs with badges…
Trust me those cops have lots to worry about if they havent already been taken care of, they will not live life the way they want to. They are done.
Sorry but the real banditos are a motorcycle gang so that means they must be affiliated, working with a real street gang, makes a lot of sense, pretty sure involved in murder and drug trafficking, most likely providing security for drug houses and drugs coming into the city and distribution, and gang members themselves.
There have long been military gangs too. Even in Canada
Back in the 70s and 80s they were mostly 1% MC types.
They didn’t really start cracking down until the 1990s Quebec Biker Wars