Community members on Tuesday will march and rally outside police headquarters to demand reforms to the city's police department following reports released by the Contra Costa County District Attorney revealing racist text messages sent by more than a dozen officers.
Contra Costa County’s top public defender is calling on the district attorney’s office to release the names of more than 40 Antioch Police Department officers who exchanged or received racist and homophobic text messages, as well as to dismiss any public defender cases involving the embattled law enforcement agency.
Contra Costa County supervisors voted not to expand a program that offers free legal representation to immigrants facing the threat of deportation, as a new U.S. immigration court is poised to move into the county.
A new immigration court is soon moving to Concord, as the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is poised to deny the Public Defender's Office more money to fight deportation cases.