New records released by the city of Antioch show that police use-of-force incidents that are now charged as crimes were cleared by sergeants and lieutenants within the force, including the city's police union president and the current acting police chief.
Four federal indictments charge 10 police officers from two different police departments, Antioch and Pittsburg, with multiple crimes including excessive force, fraud, distributing anabolic steroids and falsifying police reports.
OP/ED- The long-anticipated federal indictments this week of 10 Antioch and Pittsburg police officers reveal a pattern of corruption that should outrage not only residents but also cops.
An FBI raid in the Bay Area led to the arrest of 10 officers with the Antioch and Pittsburg Police Departments, including three facing civil rights charges.