Chris Burbank

May 22, 2023 | ocregister.com | Diane Goldstein |Chris Burbank

In recent weeks, the city of Antioch in the Bay Area has been rocked by the revelation that nearly half of its police force has exchanged racist, sexist, and homophobic text messages. These texts included bragging about making racially biased traffic stops—a painful reminder of the dangers that discriminatory policing practices pose to our communities.