Other sources, both in an out of the department, have confirmed to WLA the existence of such celebratory parties, which are reportedly generally not disclosed to others outside the Executioners’ trusted circle.įor example, there was reportedly a party celebrating after Executioner members and supporters were part of a lengthy and messy vehicle chase and shootout on July 3, 2019, with the occupants of an SUV owned by the rapper YG, which resulted in the shooting of an innocent bystander, 65-year-old Ricky Starks. And sometimes, when a shooting occurs, the Executioners having “inking parties, to commemorate the shooting and the induction of the new member or members, according to the claim. The Executioners’ tattoo consists of a skull in a helmet holding a flaming AK-47.ĭeputies involved in fatal shootings outside CPT, are likely to be inked, according to the Gonzalez filing. “Inking,” of course, refers to the matching tattoo that indicates membership in the organization.” Outside the station, nearly all the CPT deputies who have been in involved in high profile shootings and out of policy beatings in recent years have, been “inked” members of the Executioners,” according to Gonzalez’ claim. “And,” Romero continued, now he has a very real apprehension of violence, because the other deputy got beat up.”Īccording to Vincent Miller, the attorney on the Banditos brawl lawsuit, Gonzalez’ fears are likely not helped by the fact that he is close to someone at the East LA station who has reportedly been assaulted twice by members of that deputy clique,įurthermore, as the new legal filing points out, Gonzalez’ situation also cannot help but call “the integrity of the IAB’s entire anonymous reporting program into question.” He called the authorities, and they betrayed him. They turned him right over to the gang. “I think the scariest thing,” said Gonzalez’ lawyer, Alan Romero, “is that he did what he was supposed to do. Once it was clear that IAB had not kept the call confidential and, what is more, his voice had been identified, Gonzalez began to fear retaliation would now be directed at him, and took a week off, hoping things would settle down.
Soon graffiti began showing up around the station in areas where no one could fail to see it. However, according to the legal filing within two days of his call, Gonzalez learned that “inked members of the Executioners” already knew of the call, and knew that Gonzalez was the person who made it. So, with this principle in mind, Gonzalez made an anonymous call to the LASD’s Internal Affairs Bureau, and reported the assault on Banuelos. So when Banuelos, who like Gonzalez (and Contraras), was a training officer at the Compton station, told him of the violent incident, he took his colleague’s account very seriously.Īs has been much discussed in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the days since the death of George Floyd, in law enforcement organizations, a deputy or a police officer is required to report wrongdoing on the part of another deputy or officer. In the legal filing, Gonzalez states he knew Contraras to be an inked member of the Executioners, and had recently witnessed his “extremely aggressive, bullying behavior,” with others. The assaulted deputy, Thomas Banuelos, texted Art Gonzalez on February 8, telling him of the alleged attack by Contraras. The recent ten-page Claim for Damages, which you can read in its entirety here , was filed in behalf of LA County Sheriff’s deputy Austreberto “Art” Gonzalez, who was reportedly retaliated against when he became a whistleblower in early February 2020, after a well-known Executioner named Eugene Contraras threatened, then allegedly assaulted another non-Executioner deputy when they were both on duty. Then, the day after the shutdown, the Compton City Council contracted with the LA County Sheriffs Department to provide law enforcement for the city, which it has done ever since.) (Note: The historic but problem-plagued Compton Police Department was disbanded in Sept. A group of 3000 Boys, the deputy clique that has evolved into the Executioners/WLAĪccording to the claim, the Executioners operate at the Compton station –CPT, for short - “with impunity,” its members using violence, threats, and retaliation against other deputies, supervisors, and “members of the public” in order to strengthen the profile of the organization, and its influence at the station
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