A judge is expected on Friday to consider whether Antioch police officers who exchanged racist text messages violated a state law aimed at stamping out racism in the criminal justice system.
ANTIOCH -- The plaintiffs in Antioch's texting scandal will appear in court Friday. That scandal has rocked the community of Antioch and its police department.
Two of the defendants, Trent Allen and Terryon Pugh, were the subjects of some of the released messages. Officers joked about kicking their heads and shooting them in the neck and buttocks. They also shared photos of Allen and Pugh injured in their hospital beds. Five of the subpoenaed officers who traded texts are not expected to attend Friday because they are injured and out on leave, the East Bay Times reported Thursday. The news outlet obtained declarations signed by Antioch Police Chief Steven Ford swearing the officers have not been cleared by their doctors to attend the court hearing.
"He violently attacked me, kicked me in the face, beat me with a flashlight, did a choke hold on me until I passed out. Then, when I woke up, he used some expletives. This is what you get when you eff with the cops," Sterling said. Reimagine Antioch and plaintiffs like Joshua Hawkins Butler hoped that police chief Steven Ford would be part of that process before he announced his retirement.
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