In a Small California City, Nearly Half the Police Included in Racist Text Threads
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 28, 2023
By Zusha Elinson | Photographs by Amy Osborne for The Wall Street Journal
May 28, 2023 12:01 am ET
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ANTIOCH, Calif.—For at least four years, officers in this small Bay Area city called Black residents racial slurs, bragged about beating suspects and joked about violating people’s civil rights in text messages.
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