On the heels of sordid revelations about police behavior, the city of Antioch and its Police Department have been named as defendants in a lawsuit alleging police brutality and racial discrimination.
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A young couple is suing the Antioch PD, claiming they were victims of excessive force and racial profiling during a violent arrest last year. The lawsuit comes as the department is caught up in a racist texting scandal along with a widening probe by the FBI around possible civil rights abuses and other crimes.
A Northern California police department at the center of an investigation surrounding racist text messages is once again being accused of misconduct after a…