Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept.deputy gangs - Knock LA
Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 5:08 am
Los Angeles has had it's own Sheriff's Department since the mid 1800s, and the 18 gangs inside it have been a growing thing since the late 1960s. The journalist collective Knock LA did an entire series on these criminal organizations in 2021: https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-viole ... g-history/
They also gave us a "LASD Gangs Database": https://lasdgangs.knock-la.com/
For example Paul Tanaka, now serving 15 years for what he did inside the LA jails as a LASD officer, is listed like this:
Paul Tanaka
His gang associations:
Vikings, tattooed
Regulators, associate
3000 Boys, associate
2000 Boys, associate
All of the legal cases he was involved with being a gang member:
Darren Thomas, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Law Enforcement, CV 90-05217
Alexandro Villanueva v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, BC342416
Angel Jaimes v County of Los Angeles, BC331903
Kenneth Rivera IV v. County of Los Angeles, CV 13-3806
William Tillman v. Leroy Baca, BC471749
Jason Snyder v. Paul Tanaka, CV 13-02546
Alex Rosas v. Leroy Baca, CV 12-00428
Al-Quan Jackson v. Leroy Baca, CV 12-10393
Ronald Brock v. LA County, BC572875
And don't forget he was on the Gardena city council and then elected mayor of that city in the early 2000s!
They also gave us a "LASD Gangs Database": https://lasdgangs.knock-la.com/
For example Paul Tanaka, now serving 15 years for what he did inside the LA jails as a LASD officer, is listed like this:
Paul Tanaka
His gang associations:
Vikings, tattooed
Regulators, associate
3000 Boys, associate
2000 Boys, associate
All of the legal cases he was involved with being a gang member:
Darren Thomas, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Law Enforcement, CV 90-05217
Alexandro Villanueva v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, BC342416
Angel Jaimes v County of Los Angeles, BC331903
Kenneth Rivera IV v. County of Los Angeles, CV 13-3806
William Tillman v. Leroy Baca, BC471749
Jason Snyder v. Paul Tanaka, CV 13-02546
Alex Rosas v. Leroy Baca, CV 12-00428
Al-Quan Jackson v. Leroy Baca, CV 12-10393
Ronald Brock v. LA County, BC572875
And don't forget he was on the Gardena city council and then elected mayor of that city in the early 2000s!