Civil rights attorney John Burris filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Antioch and members of its police force on behalf of six people who he said were victims of civil rights abuses at the hands of city's police department.
Burris and colleague Ben Nisenbaum accuse APD of"wanton excessive force and salacious patterns of racial, misogynic, and homophobic bigotry."
At least 45 officers were included on chains of racist, homophobic and threatening text messages, Contra Costa County Public Defender Ellen McDonnell told the Antioch City Council on Tuesday. It may have already happened. One of the plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit, Adam Carpenter, said he was released from federal custody last week and charges were dropped after news got out about the texts. But he can't get back the time he spent in jail or the thousands of dollars he has had to pay over false allegations.
Burris went into more detail, saying officers used various forms of the N-word,"monkeys,""gorillas,""f------,""water buffalos," 'fat b------,""c----" and"p------." "These officers need to be removed from Antioch Police Department, and I mean removed," Cobbs said."I mean criminal . I need justice for my son. They need to be prosecuted because this is unacceptable and it's been going on for too long because these same officers been targeting my house, kicking in my door, not having warrants."
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