Residents of Antioch expressed frustration at a packed city council meeting Tuesday night, after the release of racist text messages sent by more than a dozen of its police officers. Dozens of people spoke and all demanded change over three hours.
Antioch residents call for an audit of the police department as the ongoing racist text messaging scandal continues
The special meeting was called to discuss audits of internal affairs, how the police department hires, promotes and deals with the issue of equity. Before the meeting, people marched in protest from the police department to city hall. Anger and frustration over what they said is years of police misconduct and violence.
"I was extremely disappointed. This is a knock not only on the city but the profession of policing and our jobs are hard enough without individuals making poor decisions and poor choices," Ford said.
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