Meet the Candidate: Eric Strong
A Tradition of Violence
A Tradition of Violence
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🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Eric Strong recently retired after 32 years in policing after working at the Compton Police Department, LA Sheriff's Department and the Department of Probation. He is running to the left of Sheriff Robert Luna on a progressive platform. If elected, he promises to investigate deputy gang members and create ICE-free zone across Los Angeles.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Cerise Castle, and this is a tradition of violence. |
| 0:03.8 | Sheriff Robert Luna has the backing of many prominent Democrats in Los Angeles County. |
| 0:08.9 | But the question I get the most from voters is if there's anyone challenging him from the left. |
| 0:14.7 | Eric Strong is a challenger running on a progressive platform. |
| 0:18.3 | This is his second campaign for Sheriff. |
| 0:20.1 | He ran in the 2022 election and came in third in the primary. |
| 0:25.2 | Strong has won the endorsements of several prominent civil rights attorneys and advocacy groups. |
| 0:30.3 | Strong has investigated deputy gangs himself and says that as sheriff, deputy gang members would be fired. |
| 0:36.1 | He also says it's time that the sheriff's department take a stand against ICE and federal immigration enforcement. |
| 0:42.3 | When it comes to shootings, many deputies claim being in fear for their lives as justification. |
| 0:48.3 | Strong says that as sheriff, not all of those claims of fear would be deemed as justified. He pledges to work with the Sheriff's Department's Civilian Oversight Commission |
| 0:58.0 | and provide documents Sheriff Robert Luna and L.A. County attorneys have refused to turn over. |
| 1:04.0 | He also says it's time to make complaints against department personnel public. |
| 1:09.0 | Strong says the department has been in a pattern of defend and cover up, and it's time for change and transparency. |
| 1:15.6 | I'm here in Kenneth Hahn State Park with Eric Strong, candidate for L.A. County Sheriff. |
| 1:21.6 | Thank you so much for sitting down with me today. |
| 1:23.6 | Absolutely. |
| 1:24.6 | So Eric, I would love for you to tell the people a little bit about yourself. |
| 1:30.2 | Let's start off with why you're running for Sheriff. |
| 1:32.5 | I'm running because the reality of it is this. |
| 1:35.3 | I ran on the last ballot because a lot of change needed to be made. |
| 1:42.0 | We had a very loud, toxic, disruptive guy that was really just |
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