Another round of racist and homophobic text messages sent by various Antioch police officers have just been made public.
“It’s disappointing obviously when you hear things like that. But that doesn’t define me as a man, this doesn't define me as the chief of this organization,” said Ford.So far, the officers have been placed on leave amidst an ongoing investigation into the matter.
“All I can tell you is that is these officers need to go, we don't need them here ... this is contrary to who we are,” said Thorpe. Ford said the investigations must wrap up before he can attempt to terminate anyone, but is attempting to find perspective. “I think the overarching theme is that it's very unfortunate that the organization gets jacketed as a whole as the outcome of the actions of a few,” he said.
Civil rights attorney John Burris filed a civil lawsuit against the department after the first messages became public in April and said he now plans to file another similar lawsuit in the coming week.“I would say there’s deep seeded disdain perhaps in American and Brown people amongst those police officers,” said Burris.
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