The FBI probe into deputy gangs spotlights the shortcomings of local efforts, which have mostly been piecemeal, often resulting in investigations that focus on isolated acts of wrongdoing.
Residents speak out about the East Los Angeles station of the Sheriff's Department at a meeting Thursday, the same day news broke of an FBI probe into the Banditos, an inked deputy gang at the station.
“I think it reveals that the various county agencies can’t or won’t conduct a thorough, credible, independent investigation,” said Sean Kennedy, a Loyola Law School professor and member of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission. “The feds are known for being pretty successful where others haven’t been,” said Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor who teaches criminal law at Loyola Law School.
She added that a federal investigation could also end up demonstrating — as many deputies have argued — that there is no criminal element to the inked groups.
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