LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Deputy gangs are facing renewed scrutiny at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as the district attorney weighs potential criminal charges against members of the Banditos, a gang or clique that operates out of the East Los Angeles patrol station.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva unveiled a new policy Friday meant to root out the problem.
The measure follows a violent deputy confrontation at a department sponsored party at Kennedy Hall in East L.A.
A deputy who was beaten up at that party is speaking out anonymously as he and six other deputies file a legal claim alleging harassment and discrimination.
"There's people getting, you know, stomped on... being choked out... it was just crazy, crazy to believe they're all cops," the deputy tells Eyewitness News.
The deputies allege that it was a one-sided fight with younger deputies attacked by veteran "shot callers" of the East L.A. sheriff's station, a group bearing tattoos of a skeleton in a sombrero with a shotgun.
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Sheriff Alex Villanueva unveiled a new policy Friday meant to root out the problem.
The measure follows a violent deputy confrontation at a department sponsored party at Kennedy Hall in East L.A.
A deputy who was beaten up at that party is speaking out anonymously as he and six other deputies file a legal claim alleging harassment and discrimination.
"There's people getting, you know, stomped on... being choked out... it was just crazy, crazy to believe they're all cops," the deputy tells Eyewitness News.
The deputies allege that it was a one-sided fight with younger deputies attacked by veteran "shot callers" of the East L.A. sheriff's station, a group bearing tattoos of a skeleton in a sombrero with a shotgun.
Full Story:
https://abc7.com/lasd-deputy-describes-attack-by-banditos-clique/5370629/