The Truth Behind Deputy Gangs Inside the LA Sheriff’s Office

Our Body Politic

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News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

There are at least 18 documented gangs inside the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Farai speaks with award-winning reporter Cerise Castle about her 15-part investigative series that explores the complex history of ‘deputy gangs.’ Her reporting finds that this group has terrorized and murdered Angelenos for decades with litigation related to these cases costing the County just over $100 million over the past 30 years. Later, Karen Attiah, Washington Post columnist and show contributor, leads our weekly roundtable ‘Sippin’ The Political Tea,’ on the importance of authentic self care including social media breaks. Attiah is joined by Morra Aarons-Mele, host of The Anxious Achiever podcast AND a forthcoming book with the same title; and Isa Watson, author of Life Beyond Likes and founder & CEO of the Squad app. Content Advisory: Descriptions of police violence

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politics. If you haven't yet
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0:46.2	This is Our Body Politics. I'm Farai Chidea. Inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department,
0:52.7	there are violent gangs of deputies that have
0:55.9	terrorized and murdered Angelinos for decades. That's what Ceres Castle exposed in her 15-part
1:02.0	investigative report, a tradition of violence, which was published in 2021 by the nonprofit community
1:08.2	newsroom, Knock L.A. Her reporting, which is now also a podcast, earned her
1:13.3	a Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation and an American
1:17.8	Journalism Online Award from NYU. And now she's a winner, along with Carvel Wallace, of this
1:23.7	year's prestigious American Mosaic Journalism Prize. As a warning to our listeners,
1:29.1	our conversation includes descriptions of police violence. So please take care of yourselves.
1:34.4	Thank you for coming on the show, Ceres. Thank you so much for having me.
1:39.3	Full disclosure, I was on the selection committee for this award and it was just such an honor to get to consider
1:49.6	different people and a great honor to see your work be foregrounded. But I'm sure that well before
1:57.3	the awards, there were a lot of tough choices. How did you make the choice to report
2:02.1	this work knowing that you probably weren't going to be the most popular person with the L.A.
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