“I am not going to take this recall attempt lying down," Newsom said. “I’m going to fight because there’s too much at stake in this moment.” Fourteen California Black Democratic elected officials serving at the federal, state, county and city government levels joined hands in a virtual show of support for Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday during a news briefing on Zoom. In one-minute statements, each one explained why she or he is standing behind Newsom as a Republican Party-led effort to […]
Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe will bring his program of police reforms for another round before the City Council Tuesday night after the first discussion resulted.
In last year s election, Thorpe ousted incumbent Mayor Sean Wright, and Mayor Pro Tem Joy Motts lost to Tamisha Torres-Walker. The vote count delivered an African-American majority on the City Council and a definite progressive swing to local politics.
In launching the discussion on the proposals, Thorpe emphasized the importance of bringing more transparency to police practices. Torres-Walker noted, Change is never easy … but the world is watching. What we are doing today is just the floor not the ceiling.
The council spent hours of the meeting airing public comments from hundreds of residents, minority activists and law enforcement supporters.
Man dies after being tased in Antioch police custody
By Andre Torrez
Police announced the in-custody death Wednesday afternoon.
ANTIOCH, Calif. - Antioch police say a man having an apparent mental health crisis died in a struggle with police after he was tased in a roadway early Wednesday morning just after midnight.
At a Wednesday news conference, Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe and Chief of Police Tammany Brooks detailed the in-custody death along James Donlon Boulevard, west of Lone Tree Way.
Chief Brooks said officers received a 911 call from a man who was rambling incoherently and that another man could be heard in the background. Police said the two men were arguing about the possession over a phone. Police said a physical struggle then ensued.