The Antioch City Council approved an audit of the police department’s internal affairs processes, its hiring and promotions procedures and an equity audit.
Protesters marched from the police department to city hall. The group issued a list of 12 demands, including firing officers involved in abusive behavior and requiring officers to get bias training. Here's the full list of what the protesters are demanding:Accountability: No pension, investigation of hate crimes by APD conspiracy to cover up and to commit hate crimes. All settlements should come from the APD/APOA budget.
The 45 officers involved who hold leadership positions need to be investigated as well and we need to pause all criminal filings pertaining to the officers.Reopen cases with officers involved in custody deaths.Charge all involved with RICO act and domestic terrorism. Antioch Mayor Pro Tem Tamisha Torres-Walker is hoping an ordinance will be brought before the council next week that would require the police chief to report to the city council.
"For optimal measures of accountability and transparency that we think we need to make a shift even if only temporary for the police chief to report to the city council," Torres-Walker said. Antioch community members rally in front of the police department after a string of racist and homophobic text messages shared among the police department. Community members will walk from PD to City Hall ahead of tonight’s special meeting.
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