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Interesting language in this article. They're trying their hardest to make it seem like members of LA street gangs are running the LAPD, but, really, it's just cops being cops. This type of stuff happens even in PD's where there are no deputy gangs to join:

Deputies eager to join a gang are notorious for “chasing ink” — or engaging in violence toward county residents... This has led to a rash of “excessive force or other forms of unconstitutional policing,” the report says.

I'm more worried about white supremacists gang members in law enforcement: https://whyy.org/articles/oath-keeperes-membership-data-poli...

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Everyone gets to have their own favorite fear of law enforcement, but corruption in law enforcement is bad--everywhere.

Cops killing cops and their families in gang initiations and power struggles makes for nice FX shows, but it is bad for communities, no matter what race the cops are.

IMO, it's among the worst forms of crime and should be punished accordingly. The damage goes far beyond the immediate action, since it undermines the public's trust in the system as a whole. It should be punished accordingly.

Did you actually read the article?

The LASD is not the LAPD.

These are police gangs that are not directly under street gangs in terms of culture or leadership structure. These aren't former or current street gang members who became cops.

There are white supremacist LASD gangs. Google "Lynwood Vikings".

Just a nit, this is talking about the LA County Sheriff and not the LA police department.

The language might be a bit confusing to outsiders but the gang problem in the sheriff's department is well known to angelenos and isn't confused with street gangs. It's been going on for years.

I’m not sure I understand. They pretty reliably referred to them as deputy gangs and no where did I see anything that made me think they were referring to street gangs. They also discussed they’re racially segregated and biased, to your race gang point of concern. I didn’t see anything that seemed ok or normal, either. I think some semblance of this happens in a lot of police departments in some subcritical state, but this sounds organized, structured, and operating with impunity - which is not normal.

I noticed that too. I think it’s an attempt to change the narrative in order to make the story new again and hopefully shock people out of complacency. Thing is, I think most people just don’t care, and they won’t until they have a violent run in with an officer.

> I'm more worried about white supremacists gang

Why? Does it feel nicer to be beaten or murdered by cop depending on their political affiliation?

I didn't know that "white supremacist" was a political affiliation?

How could you not know that?

Why should I have known that? Which political party on the US is centered on the white supremacy ideology?

White supremacy is a political ideology and a political movement. You can search Google if you're interested in specific parties.

This is my worry too.

>it's just cops being cops

Tell me you need police reform without saying it.

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