How L.A. Sheriff Deputy Gangs Terrorize the Public

Callaghan applies his gonzo street-interview approach to the L.A, Los Angeles County, California, May 2025. Featuring Community members, incarcerated individuals, and advocates in Los Angeles County. The defund the police debate consumed 2020-2023 and then disappeared from mainstream coverage — but its subject matter did not.

Who: Community members, incarcerated individuals, and advocates in Los Angeles County speaking on camera to Andrew Callaghan about deputy gang violence inside L.A. County jails and on the streets

What: Callaghan applies his gonzo street-interview approach to the L.A. Sheriff Department deputy gang problem — a documented pattern of tattooed subgroups operating inside the department with a history of excessive force. Community members who have experienced or witnessed this speak without a publicist present.

Where: Los Angeles County, California

When: May 2025

Why: The defund the police debate consumed 2020-2023 and then disappeared from mainstream coverage — but its subject matter did not. Callaghan goes into the communities that were at the center of that debate in 2025 and finds people describing specific ongoing violence from the department that was never defunded. The gap between the policy debate and the lived reality is what the civilian voices here document.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHjdOMlHE8U

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