The U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco and the FBI are holding a joint news conference Thursday afternoon, where they are expected to announce the arrest of Antioch and Pittsburg police officers for civil rights violations.
that started in early 2022.
Among the allegations are chains of text messages sent between as many as 45 Antioch officers, using racial slurs and describing violence against suspects, and going as far as threatening Thorpe, who is African American. The N-word was used at least a dozen times, as were terms describing African Americans as "gorillas."
Antioch Police Chief Steven Ford faces an uphill battle with over three dozen officers on leave due to various scandals and a community up in arms over the department's disturbing problems.
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