City of Antioch and police officers face lawsuit over alleged civil rights violations, racist texts
The city of Antioch, California, and at least nine police officers are facing a lawsuit over alleged civil rights violations.
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The city of Antioch, California, and at least nine police officers are facing a lawsuit over alleged civil rights violations.
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.
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.
ANTIOCH, Calif. — For years, Antioch Police Department officers routinely used private text messaging groups to flout their racist views, using slurs in front of superiors without fear of reprisal.