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Meanwhile at the Antioch Police Department
ANTIOCH
Demonstrators Call for Removal of Officers Involved in Antioch PD Scandal
By Pete Suratos • Published May 19, 2023
It’s been more than a month since the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office publicly released a series of racist text messages between Antioch police officers. And on Friday, demonstrators gathered in Martinez to make sure the issue is not forgotten, saying the officers involved in the scandal need to be fired.
Several of the officers are already on leave pending an external investigation, but for community organizers like Shagoofa Khan, who was referenced by officers in the text messages, suspension isn’t enough.
“The community of Antioch do not want those officers who were involved in those text messages ever patrolling the city of Antioch or anywhere ever again,” said Khan.
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch were also there. Their lawyer, John Burris, says it’s important not to let anyone sweep the topic under the rug.
25 years ago a Republican county
Contemporary Antioch is a product of federal housing policy and introduced demographic change. In the 1990’s, public housing residents from Richmond (also Contra Costa) were relocated to Antioch, where it was promised that they would maintain the character/ demographics of the town. The County gave an assist and in fact helped gerrymander Supervisor districts to provide a majority black electorate in a district that includes Antioch and Richmond (even though they are in opposite ends of the county). The results have been predictably disappointing.