Introduction
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department county jail has become the center of attention and has been under great scrutiny over the years. Starting in May of 2010 ACLU conducted their annual report of the LASD jails conditions. Upon their investigation ACLU reported in detail serious allegation by two inmates that both of the inmates suffered serious injuries due physical abuse by deputies. Also the investigation found that treatment for the mental ill in insider the jails were subpar and needed to be reformed. In Later that year in September ACLU returned to the jails to due a follow up investigation to see if the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department made the necessary improvements, but found that none of necessary measure for reforming the jails had taken place. In 2011 ACLU witnessed two deputies physically abusing inmate by repeatedly kicking and tasering the inmate, who motionlessly lay on the ground. After reporting what has been going on in jails and witnessing deputies gang up on inmates, the FBI opened up an investigation. The FBI’s goal of their …show more content…
Paul Tanaka first controversy happened when he was sergeant in 1980 and stationed at one of the Sherriff’s stations in Lynwood. Problems began to surface when the allegation and complaints that deputies at the Lynwood station were using excessive force. The group of deputies that were known for hard charging and using excessive force would be known as the notorious Viking gang. Through these allegation information surfaced that Paul Tanaka was a member of this gang. Members of the gang had a distinct tattoo on their ankle. The tattoo that can be found on the left ankle is an “image of a Death 's hooded skull and scythe” (O’Connor & Daunt, 1999, para.1). Allegedly this tattoo that signifies that an individual is a member of the Viking group can be found on the left ankle of Paul
Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department county jail has become the center of attention and has been under great scrutiny over the years. Starting in May of 2010 ACLU conducted their annual report of the LASD jails conditions. Upon their investigation ACLU reported in detail serious allegation by two inmates that both of the inmates suffered serious injuries due physical abuse by deputies. Also the investigation found that treatment for the mental ill in insider the jails were subpar and needed to be reformed. In Later that year in September ACLU returned to the jails to due a follow up investigation to see if the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department made the necessary improvements, but found that none of necessary measure for reforming the jails had taken place. In 2011 ACLU witnessed two deputies physically abusing inmate by repeatedly kicking and tasering the inmate, who motionlessly lay on the ground. After reporting what has been going on in jails and witnessing deputies gang up on inmates, the FBI opened up an investigation. The FBI’s goal of their …show more content…
Paul Tanaka first controversy happened when he was sergeant in 1980 and stationed at one of the Sherriff’s stations in Lynwood. Problems began to surface when the allegation and complaints that deputies at the Lynwood station were using excessive force. The group of deputies that were known for hard charging and using excessive force would be known as the notorious Viking gang. Through these allegation information surfaced that Paul Tanaka was a member of this gang. Members of the gang had a distinct tattoo on their ankle. The tattoo that can be found on the left ankle is an “image of a Death 's hooded skull and scythe” (O’Connor & Daunt, 1999, para.1). Allegedly this tattoo that signifies that an individual is a member of the Viking group can be found on the left ankle of Paul