Time to end the police terrorism of minority communities.
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/seven-members-of-la-sheriff-clique-fired_n_2645288.html
By Tony Castro
Posted: 02/08/2013
Seven members of a L.A. sheriff’s deputies secret clique that prides itself on celebrating shootings of mostly Latino and black gang bangers have been notified they are about to be fired, according to officials.
The secret group known as the Jump Out Boys prides itself on aggressive policing, much of it in Latino communities, and brands its members with matching tattoos of a red-eyed oversized skull bearing the clique acronym and a bony hand holding a revolver.
Smoke is tattooed over the gun’s barrel for members who have been involved in at least one shooting.
L.A. sheriff’s department officers fired
Those seven officers aren’t being fired for any known criminal behavior but apparently for tarnishing the department’s reputation and unethical conduct at a time when it is struggling through a federal investigation.
As part of that growing investigation, a criminal grand jury recently subpoenaed materials about the Jump Out Boys and other deputy cliques.
The seven have been on an elite gang-enforcement team that patrols high violence neighborhoods.
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See also Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County Sheriff’s Department intends to fire seven deputies
The seven belong to a secret law enforcement clique that allegedly celebrated shootings and branded members with matching tattoos.
