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    Antioch Mayor Calls For Immediate Firing of Officers Involved in Racist Text Scandal

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    Mayor Lamar Thorpe wants the immediate firing of Antioch officers who displayed racism in texts discovered by the FBI, and will also call for the decommissioning of the department's MRAP military vehicle.

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    Mayor Lamar Thorpe wants the immediate firing of Antioch officers who displayed racism in texts discovered by the FBI, and will also call for the decommissioning of the department's MRAP military vehicle.

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    Mayor Lamar Thorpe wants the immediate firing of Antioch officers who displayed racism in texts discovered by the FBI, and will also call for the decommissioning of the department's MRAP military vehicle.

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    Antioch Mayor Calls For Immediate Firing of Officers Involved in Racist Text Scandal

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    Mayor Lamar Thorpe wants the immediate firing of Antioch officers who displayed racism in texts discovered by the FBI, and will also call for the decommissioning of the department's MRAP military vehicle.

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    bear Chief For: ‘sve said publicly and privately to you, a the city of Antioch continues to grapple with the realty thatits police department i plagued with deep institutional racism, wil contin to focus on ensuring that thi issue isnot conveniently swept under the rug. Under my watch that will not happen. [As travers the city and mest with residents Iam reminded dal that actionable steps must be taken to corect past mistakes. We will ot be able to talk ths sue away as itstrikes a the very essence of who we ae a a ity inclusive and open fr al strongly believe that Antioch residents deserve a police department that every segment of Antioch’ racially diverse community can trast In order for us to get there, as well as beginning the healing proces, the immediate termination of officers who violated the publics trust by displaying racism (as established by the FB and District attorney and upheld bya superior court judge) is required. Anything less makes al of ur efforts, including your community conversations, appear like nothing more than a public relations campaign ‘Asa resi at next Tuesday's Antioch City Council meeting, Iwill be seeking the support of my colleagues to formally aiect the Antioch Police Department to immediately decommision the tank, also known asthe Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle. The MRAP was designed specifically forthe War in ra so that US. soldiers could withstand improvised explosive device (IED attacks and ambushes To date, there have Been no such reported atacks for threats in the ety of Ati, {As evidenced ina photo on the Antioch Police Department’ website, the tank sends the wrong ‘message tothe community and absolutely sends the wrong message to prospective police office candidates | willalso be advancing a measure that bars board members of the police union, in our case, the Antioch Police Officers Association, from serving 2s members ofthe internal affairs team. the community sto trust you and established processes, there must be a clear line of delineation between union leaders elected to represent police oficers who may have committed misconduct and those charged with investigating those officers, To move our ity forward, tough decisions must be made now. In that spit, the ‘decommissioning ofthe tank and the separation of union board leaders fom internal afi will send the very clear message thatthe ct of Antioch is genuinely commvtted to reforming the Culture ofthe Antioch Paice Department Respectufly, Qod Lamar A thorpe Mayor

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