Citing a lack of oversight that allowed abuses of power within the police force, the Antioch City Council has agreed to give itself the authority to hire, supervise and remove …
The Contra Costa District Attorney has discovered additional racist text messages sent by Antioch officers. These messages will now be turned over to defense lawyers after a judge rejected the …
A Bay Area civil rights attorney who represents more than a dozen plaintiffs in lawsuits against the Antioch Police Department has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to open an …
Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe on Friday criticized the Antioch police union’s attorney for accusing him of stripping the police chief’s decision-making authority. Attorney Mike Rains, who represents the Antioch Police …
The city of Antioch is resisting subpoenas for at least five of its police officers called to testify about racism and alleged crimes within the department, claiming the officers are …
ANTIOCH — The latest batch of text messages by Antioch police officers to go public leaves little doubt about how much their self-professed racism seeped into their day-to-day law enforcement …