A Tradition of Violence: Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Gangs / Cerise Castle

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🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Los Angeles, California-based freelance journalist Cerise Castle speaks with host Chuck Mertz about her research and reporting published on Knock LA: “A Tradition of Violence,” the first history of deputy gangs inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the largest local law enforcement agency in the United States. The investigation was published as a 15-part reporting series exposing 18 gangs, 19 documented murders (all of whom were people of color), and over $100 million dollars in lawsuits paid for by the people of Los Angeles. The podcast of the same name and subject matter is due October 19th 2022. https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history/ Cerise Castle specializes in arts & culture, civil rights, crime, and human interest stories. She's produced and hosted segments for the Emmy-award winning nightly news program, VICE News Tonight, NPR, and several podcasts. Her reporting and commentary have been featured in publications like Knock LA, the Daily Beast, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and MTV.

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0:00.0	The morning, it would be.
0:03.0	The day I was going to be here. The one with the first time of the body was born was born.
0:15.0	What was killed?
0:17.0	Make a turn! You're welcome to be able to. This is hell.
0:37.0	hell.
0:42.0	First I want to apologize to producer Lindsay Gory because I forgot to turn on the heat yesterday
0:50.8	night and when we got in here today it was a balmy 58
0:54.2	degrees and it's very very cold outside with the wind so my apologies to you
0:59.2	Lindsay live from the United States where the law is far too often the crime. This is hell and when it comes
1:07.5	to crime right there at the top of the list if not near the top is you know when it comes to a list of most heinous crimes is
1:15.8	homicide as in murder so how would you feel about your safety and security if
1:21.8	you're if the people who are supposed to protect and serve you are members
1:25.1	of violent gangs linked to nearly two dozen murders. One of these
1:29.4	practitioners of law enforcement specifically targeted black people viewing all of them as gang members and saw Section 8 housing vouchers as
1:37.6	evidence of likely criminality.
1:40.2	I don't know about you, but if I found all of that out I would move which is exactly what it seems
1:45.6	Deputies inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department want black people who recently fled the violence of places like South Central want them to do.
1:54.0	White supremacy appears is being enforced by Los Angeles County law enforcement as if
1:59.7	white supremacy is the law, but as we have recently learned from leaked audio tapes of the
2:06.1	Los Angeles City Council it appears the institutional and structural racism doesn't
2:10.3	stop at the county sheriff station it actually goes to the highest levels of city political
2:15.6	leadership as well. Our next guest returning to this is hell is award-winning reporter,
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