Cop who shot college football player resigns after racist text messages are exposed

I believe that the cop is racist, too, and that resulted in him reacting the way he did either on purpose or subconsciously because of his prejudices. His racism seems to be obvious by his own remarks. Now that I understand your use of hyperbole I can assume your post #6 is also hyperbole. I took you too literally.

 

Same ish, different department. Might not be Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force level, but here is a fine department. Seems like a police culture issue.

What to know about the Antioch police texting scandal

An FBI and Contra Costa County District Attorney's investigation into a "broad range of offenses" involving "crimes of moral turpitude" by East Bay police crystallized into a scandal involving police officers from the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments conspiring to obtain falsified college degrees, illegal drug sales and a massive racist text messaging calamity involving nearly four dozen Antioch police officers.

The simmering controversy reached a boil with two bombshell reports released by the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office that show rampant racist, sexist and other derogatory comments sent by Antioch police, as well as officers bragging about injuring suspects during violent confrontations.

APD presently has 99 sworn officers and 45 of them are named in the DA's report for sending or receiving offensive texts. The president of the city's police union, Rick Hoffman, is one of the officers on the DA's list. Hoffman did not respond to a request for comment.

Besides the offensive language, the texts reveal officers joking about possible rights violations. If the statements are true, they could jeopardize both past and present criminal cases. The Contra Costa County DA's office has already dropped 40 cases tainted by the officers involved and hinted that there may be many more to come.

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Contra Costa County DA releases report detailing racist, homophobic texts from Antioch police officers

Some of the most egregious text messages include multiple uses of the n-word, photos of gorillas in reference to Black people, admissions of racist beliefs and detailed incidents of potential police dishonesty and civil rights violations.

One officer even offered up a steak dinner for any officer who would shoot Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe with a ".40mm less-lethal launcher," the report found.

"Since we don’t have video I sometimes just say people gave me a full confession when they didn’t. [Gets] filed easier," Officer Amiri texted Brentwood Police Officer Lindzie Laughridge on April 29, 2020.

Amiri served as a police K9 officer and deployed his police dog over 400 times from December 2018 to December 2021, resulting in suspects being bitten nearly 30 times. "Law enforcement personnel have been able to confirm that 19 of the 28 dog bites were suffered by African Americans," the report found.

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They even sent racist messages about their own black Police Chief. There's a lot more to post, but I think this enough to get the ball rolling for anyone that wants to take a deeper dive. And you're crazy if you think this is an isolated incident.