All they’re doing is importing Mexican values to US institutions.
The gangs within the LASD go back decades. The first one was the Little Devils, formed back in 1971. The most notorious is/was the Lynwood Vikings, who have been accused of being a white supremacist neo-nazi organization. Members get a tattoo with the code number for “Officer Involved Shooting.” A few years back there was actually a shootout between two sheriff’s department gangs in a parking lot in El Monte or someplace like that. The leadership of the department is afraid of the backlash from the deputies if they try to eliminate the gangs (or “cliques” as they usually call them).