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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The allegations of brutality and bravado among Antioch police officers who shared “gory pics” and vowed “blood for blood” are spelled out over 29 pages in
Three police officers from Antioch, California were charged with civil rights violations following a long FBI investigation.
Some legal experts believe more federal indictments could be handed down against Antioch and Pittsburg police officers.
The Antioch Police Department, embroiled in scandal and indictments, dragged its feet on instituting reforms such as body cams that are common elsewhere in the Bay Area.
'It seems like these three have come together and decided to be a gang, a gang of thugs, with badges and guns and launchers and a dog, and they just decided to use all these things to have fun by terrorizing people and hurting people,' former judge says.