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Civil rights attorney John Burris said Wednesday he is planning to file a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch in the wake of a police texting scandal...

In a federal lawsuit eerily similar to one filed 20 years ago in Oakland, civil rights attorney John Burris says the police department in Antioch – 35 miles away – is rife with bigotry, racism, lies and unconstitutional force. 

This is what we know so far about the Antioch Police Department racist text messaging scandal.

An FBI investigation into more than a dozen police officers in one Northern California community revealed texts that referred to black people as circus monkeys and gorillas.

More than a dozen cops in California referred to black people as monkeys and gorillas and even threatened to shoot their black mayor in a series of racist texts, according to law enforcement.

An FBI-assisted investigation found messages from the East Bay Area city's officers containing the N-word, other racist insults and threats against Mayor Lamar Thorpe.

Dozens of police officers in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Antioch are under fire after excerpts from their personal group chat filled with racist

A joint investigation conducted by the FBI and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has released a report detailing dozens of incidents of racist, homophobic, sexist and derogatory text messages involving 14 Antioch Police Department officers. 

A group of Antioch police officers are under FBI investigation after their racist messages and other misconduct was discovered.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a move that deepened the scandals engulfing the Antioch Police Department, a Contra Costa County judge on Friday released the names of 17 city police