Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, asked Wednesday for a federal probe into the reported existence of an alleged gang of Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies at the Compton Sheriff’s Station who call themselves the “Executioners.”
Waters sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the action.
“I write to ask that the United States Department of Justice take immediate action to address the reported existence of a rogue, violent gang of law enforcement officials, who call themselves the `Executioners,’ operating within the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, specifically the LASD Compton station,” she wrote.
A sheriff’s spokeswoman told City News Service that a statement from Sheriff Alex Villanueva would be forthcoming. He has insisted on multiple occasions that he has cracked down on deputy gangs.
Waters wrote that a deputy acting as a whistleblower provided sworn testimony identifying more than a dozen deputies with matching tattoos to symbolize their association with the alleged gang.
“Deputies at the LASD Compton Station reportedly `chase ink’, a slang term for a deputy who attempts to win favor with the `Executioners’ by committing violent acts in hopes of receiving the group tattoo denoting gang membership,” Waters wrote.
“The gang allegedly sets illegal arrest quotas, threatens and harasses fellow deputies, and holds parties after shootings, called `998 parties,’ which are in part a celebration that a new deputy will be inked by the gang,” Waters said. “The tattoos worn by the police gang reportedly feature Nazi imagery in disturbing evidence of the violence perpetrated against the Los Angeles community by the LASD gang.”
The whistleblower reportedly identified two deputies involved in the death of 18-year-old Gardena resident Andres Guardado in June 2020 as members of the “Executioners.”
The shooting of Dijon Kizzee in South Los Angeles in August 2020 was also described by Waters as an ” example of the LASD’s excessive and brutal tactics in the Los Angeles community.”
The sheriff’s department has said Guardado was reaching for the gun when he was shot while working as what has been described as an informal security guard for a nearby auto body shop. Guardado’s family has filed a lawsuit against the county alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.
Kizzee, 29, was killed after sheriff’s deputies allegedly tried to stop him for riding a bicycle in the wrong direction. The sheriff’s department contends Kizzee was fatally shot after he picked up a handgun he had dropped during a struggle with one of the deputies.
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lasd sympathizer says
Shocker! More rhetoric designed to put deputies lives at risk! Two sided, one side puts hesitation into these men and women who fight crime out of fear of backlash because once the court of public opinion is involved and rev jesse what’s his face jumps on tv, the department is forced to punish (unfairly) and the other side of that coin is spewing more false allegations which undoubtedly provokes ignorant criminals to “retaliate.”
no says
You forgot Laura Ingram and Tucker Carlson, they hate cops now.
Merrick Garland (Garfinkel)) says
Maxine Waters is corrupt, embarrassing, incompetent, and another anti-White racist.
Simon & says
She is one fortunate lady in that she doesn’t know who the heck you are. It’s a blessing.
Tim Scott says
Awwww…is someone looking to blame their failures in life on the immense power wielded by “anti-white racists”?
Oh.
Wait…
Richard M says
Awww Is someone looking to blame all the failures in life by claiming racism from 2 generations ago is responsible for their Current woes.
Tim Scott says
Well, certainly not me.
Two generations ago my grandparents were welcomed to this country with open arms…they were white…I benefit.
One generation ago my parents fully supported the “community leaders” of the AV…who were illegally forcing black people to only buy property in red line districts where their kids would never get an education competitive with what I would get…they were white…I benefit.
Plus I basically have no failures in life to blame anyone for…no regrets to speak of…life has been pretty well smoothly paved for me…I am white…I clearly benefit.
Sonya says
Pathetic!
In Scottish accent.
Tim Scott says
lolol…accent isn’t going to make your comment any less irrelevant Sonya
I suggest trying to add actual CONTENT…like you could suggest what is ‘pathetic’ about it, or why you have such a visceral reaction to simple truths about someone else’s life…something like that. One word responses just make you look like a simpleton.
By the way, when my grandparents came to this country they came from Scotland and I am very familiar with Scottish accents. If you think you can really put one on I’d love to hear it some time.