The Gangs of L.A.

A shocking new report suggests that in Los Angeles County, sheriff’s deputies make up some of the most dangerous crime syndicates of all.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies in SWAT gear prepare to serve search warrants in 2011.

Chris Miller/Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department/Handout via Reuters

Los Angeles’s most dangerous criminal gangs have different names — the Banditos, the Executioners, the Wayside Whities — they occupy different turfs, they sport distinctive identifying tattoos, and they carry on intense rivalries with one another. But their members all have one thing in common.

They are all Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies.

Kevin D. Williamson

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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