By City News Service Photo: Getty Images LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, asked the U.S. Justice Department today to investigate the reported existence of a gang of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at the Compton Sheriff's Station who call themselves the “Executioners.'' Waters sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the action. “I write to ask that the United States Department of Justice take immediate action to address the reported existence of a rogue, violent gang of law enforcement officials, who call themselves the `Executioners,' operating within the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, specifically the LASD Compton station,'' she wrote.