Is There a Tradition of Violence Inside the Sheriff's Department?

There is a long standing urban legend in Los Angeles County that the Sheriff's Department is the biggest gang on the streets. The city of Portland used federal funds to expand a local hospital by bulldozing 76 acres of black owned homes and businesses at the junction of North Williams Avenue and Russell Street. In 1956, voters approved the construction of an arena that necessitated the destruction of 476 homes, half of which were black people's homes.