Civil Rights Attorney Burris to File Federal Lawsuit Against City of Antioch
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...
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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.