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In a Small California City, Nearly Half the Police Included in Racist Text Threads

Officers in Antioch, Calif., used slurs and boasted of beating Black suspects, prompting calls for an overhaul

The Antioch Police Department is being investigated by the California Department of Justice.

By Zusha Elinson | Photographs by Amy Osborne for The Wall Street Journal

May 28, 2023 12:01 am ET

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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