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A Tradition of Violence

Introducing: A Tradition of Violence

A Tradition of Violence

A Tradition of Violence

True Crime

4.7540 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

A Tradition of Violence is a podcast about deputy gangs that operate within the LA County Sheriff’s Department. Host Cerise Castle wrote the history of deputy gangs in LA for Knock LA, exposing their 50-year reign of terror and murder. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

There is a long-standing urban legend in Los Angeles County.

0:04.0

The Sheriff's Department is the biggest gang on the streets.

0:08.0

They've got matching tattoos, they steal from people, brutally beat them, even kill them.

0:15.0

This is a tradition of violence, a podcast investigating the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's deputy gangs.

0:21.6

Is there a culture of violence inside the Sheriff's Department?

0:24.6

Well, these guys are violent. I mean, they'll kill you.

0:27.6

There's a deep cancer that's seeped into the department.

0:32.6

It's going to really be hard to get rid of.

0:34.6

These gangs have badges, unlimited resources paid for by you, the taxpayer.

0:40.3

My name is Cerise Castle, and I'm a local LA reporter.

0:44.3

I grew up here, and I've been curious about deputy gangs ever since I learned about them as a kid.

0:51.3

Over the past two years, I've continued to search for the truth behind these

0:55.6

gangs. A few journalists before me uncovered stories confirming that these gangs existed,

1:01.6

despite what the sheriff says. While I was covering a protest in response to George Floyd's

1:07.1

death, I was shot by a police officer with a rubber bullet. I was pretty badly hurt,

1:12.9

and my doctors told me to stay on the couch for the next few months. But I didn't feel right

1:17.7

just sitting still. So I decided to use the time to finally investigate, and what I found

1:24.2

deeply disturbed me. Over the past two years,

1:27.7

I've uncovered 20 different deputy gangs

1:29.9

inside of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

1:32.9

They're all over,

1:34.2

from the deputy level,

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