Alleged racist and offensive text messages sent by Antioch police fueled tempers and emotions at the city council meeting.
Alleged racist and offensive text messages sent by Antioch police fueled tempers and boiled emotions at Tuesday's city council meeting.
"There are going to be some changes," Thorpe said."Some of those changes may make people feel uncomfortable - I don't give a damn. It's going to happen, it's the right thing to do." Thousands of past and current criminal cases could be impacted or overturned as a result of alleged racist text messages sent by Antioch police, according to the Contra Costa County public defender. Jodi Hernandez reports.
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