The Lynwood Vikings is one of several deputy gangs[1] of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), appearing to meet the legal definition of a gang[2] when taking into account the department's repeated illegal conduct.[3] The Vikings, formerly based at the now-defunct Lynwood station, are composed of sworn deputy sheriffs in the LASD.[4]
Members of the Vikings include high-ranking law enforcement officers such as Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca, Deputy LA Sheriff Paul Tanaka. Federal judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. described the Vikings as a "neo-Nazi, white supremacist gang" engaged in racially motivated hostility.[4] The 1992 Kolts Commission report stated there was a lack of evidence of racist deputy gangs, but some Viking deputies engaged in brutality and ganglike activity. Other sources have described the Vikings as a social organization.[5]
^Article at Knock L.A. listing known LASD gangs
^"California Penal Code § 186.22(a)". California Office of Legislative Counsel. October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^Article at SpectrumNews on LASD illegal activity
^ abSullivan, Rob (2014). Street Level: Los Angeles in the Twenty-First Century. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 23–4.
^O'Conner, Anne-Marie; Duant, Tina (24 March 1999). "The Secret Society Among Lawmen". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
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