"[3] Lynwood station possessed a map of the district in the shape of Africa, and its walls held racist cartoons depicting black men.

Lawyers suing the LASD stated that their clients were beaten, shot or harassed, and demanded to know if alleged perpetrators had Vikings tattoos on their ankles.

[3][7] Sheriff Sherman Block opposed the judge's decision, calling it "irrational and wrong,"[citation needed] and stated that no evidence existed demonstrating that the Vikings was a racist group.

[citation needed] When Baca confronted deputies about Viking membership in 1997, LASD superiors cautioned him against angering officers and provoking a backlash.

[3] In 2011, Francisco Carillo Jr., a prisoner accused and convicted 20 years earlier of murder, sued the LASD and one of its deputies, Craig Ditsch, saying he had been framed by the Lynwood Vikings.