Man who spent 15 months in jail before case dismissed joins lawsuit against Antioch police JanaKTVU reports AntiochPolice
27-year-old Dreshawn Jackson says he was wrongly arrested back in 2018, and he says hes stepping forward now because he wants the officer involved in his case to be held accountable. Jacksons case was dismissed by a federal court.Dreshawn Jackson says he was sitting in his car outside a friend's house back in 2018, when an Antioch police officer pulled up behind him.
that compared Black people to gorillas, using the n-word, and in one text message, saying he only stopped someone "cuz they Black." 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.
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