LA sheriff’s official covered deputy-gang tattoo to get promoted: ‘I’m not a gang member’
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Joe Mendoza, an LASD chief, opted to scrub out the controversial Banditos logo -- featuring skeleton wearing a sombrero -- that he had inked on his upper arm decades ago amid a crackdown on the so-called law enforcement gangs still operating within the department.