Reading Cory Doctorow’s The Bezzle and then learning the 998 tattoos and Viking gang within the LA Sheriff’s Department are not fictional is very scary. https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/los-angeles-sheriff-gangs-cliques-subgroups #acab #LASheriffsDepartment #998 #policeGangs #LosAngeles #VikingsGang #Lynwood #TheBezzle #CoryDoctorow @pluralistic
Gangs? Cliques? Subgroups? Call Them What You Will — There've Been 18 (Yes, 18) In The LA Sheriff's Department

The report identified 11 "deputy gangs" and seven "subgroups." Some have tattoos, hand signals, and rituals that are similar to a criminal street gang, it said.

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