The California police department at the center of a racist texts investigation is to be audited by San Francisco Bay Area city council.
ANTIOCH, Calif. — A San Francisco Bay Area city council is undertaking an audit of its troubled police department, the latest development in a year-long federal investigation of the Antioch Police DepartmentAngry residents crowded City Hall on Tuesday evening as the Antioch City Council unanimously approved audits of the department’s internal affairs unit, its hiring and promotional practices and of department culture.
The incendiary text messages, which were heavily redacted, contain derogatory, racist, homophobic and sexually explicit language. Officers brag about making up evidence and beating up suspects. They refer to women as water buffalo, share photos of gorillas, freely use racial slurs and make light of the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.
“What you’re seeing is a maturation process, it’s like watching a teenage kid develop pimples,” he said in an interview Wednesday. “The institutions have taken a long time to catch up with where the voters and public have been.” The messages disclosed to date were sent largely in 2020 and 2021. Sgt. Rick Hoffman, president of the Antioch Police Officers Association, is named as sending communications. The association did not respond to requests for comment.
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