Lynwood Vikings

So it goes back and forth, I guess, depending on who's the sheriff, whether or not we're going to have a conversation about these gangs.

But one of our undersheriffs who got sent to the pen said, And Mr. Tanaka, he was a member of the Vikings who were known in Linwood back in the 80s.

And he had a Vikings tattoo and they used that against him when he was, you know, he got indicted for trying to hide an inmate from the FBI.

Anthony Brown was was reporting on atrocities that were happening within the county jail and they slid him a cell phone.

And Tanaka ordered that don't let the federal authorities ever talk to Anthony Brown again on a visit.

And, you know, they existed since 1970 or 71.

The Banditos are the first deputy gang out of East L.A.

The Banditos, the Stoney Boys, the Vikings.