The sheriff deputy union sued to keep members from having to show alleged gang tattoos. At a hearing in the case, civil rights advocates protested.
A cadre of civil rights advocates rallied outside a downtown courthouse Thursday to demand accountability within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is embroiled in aOn one side: the deputies’ union, which filed the suit in May, arguing that it would be unconstitutional to force deputies to show their tattoos to oversight officials investigating gangs operating within the department.
Thursday’s court date was scheduled to hear arguments about whether the restrictions outlined in that restraining order should stay in place. The judge said he will not issue a ruling until at least next week.running amok in certain stations, controlling command staff and promoting a culture of violence. Some of the most infamous of those groups are commonly known as the Executioners and the Banditos, which operate out of Compton and East L.A. stations, respectively.
The Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, a union representing sheriff deputies, filed a lawsuit arguing that ordering deputies to cooperate with the investigation and show their tattoos would violate California law as well as the 4th Amendment ban on unreasonable searches and the 5th Amendment protection against self-incrimination.
Throughout the hearing, the judge expressed concerns about the allegations surrounding deputy gangs. And even though he did not rule on the issue of whether to leave in place the restrictions outlined in the restraining order, he did approve the inclusion of aby the ACLU of Southern California, Check the Sheriff, Dignity and Power Now, and the California Immigrant Policy Center.
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