Antioch

A 31-year-old man died after being shot while driving in Antioch Monday night. The victim crashed at a convenience store parking lot, officials said.

Antioch native and former Notre Dame Fighting Irish's defensive end Isaiah Foskey was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the NFL draft Friday.

A local activist and radio reporter has sued the Antioch Police Department for allegedly using excessive force against him while he tried stopping officers for doing the same to someone else during a 2021 protest. 

Dreshawn Jackson says an Antioch officer named in the police racist texting scandal arrested him in 2018 and lied about him having a gun in his possession. He spent 15-months in jail before his case was dismissed. Now he's joining a civil lawsuit against the department.

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.

U.S. Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (D-Walnut Creek) and John Garamendi (D-Fairfield) have asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to direct the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Antioch Police Department. 

In a federal lawsuit eerily similar to one filed 20 years ago in Oakland, civil rights attorney John Burris says the police department in Antioch – 35 miles away – is rife with bigotry, racism, lies and unconstitutional force. 

Victims of the Antioch Police Department racist texting scandal are taking action in the form of a federal lawsuit. Last week, a report by the FBI and the Contra Costa County D.A. revealed a pattern of racist and abusive messages.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 3.8 earthquake near Antioch Wednesday evening.

Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe said death threats and racist remarks against him and other Black city leaders have escalated following the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office release of two bombshell reports that show rampant racist, sexist and other derogatory comments sent by Antioch police officers.

This is what we know so far about the Antioch Police Department racist text messaging scandal.

The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on the U.S. Attorney General to provide protection for the mayor of Antioch. 

Residents of Antioch expressed frustration at a packed city council meeting Tuesday night, after the release of racist text messages sent by more than a dozen of its police officers. Dozens of people spoke and all demanded change over three hours. 

Community members marched and rallied 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.

Criminal cases linked to Antioch police officers named recently in a racist text messaging scandal will be reviewed by the Contra Costa County authorities.

An Antioch police officer bragged about his use of brutal force during the takedown of two Black men, according to the latest batch of text messages released from an investigation into misconduct permeating the Antioch Police Department.

The Contra Costa County public defender is calling on District Attorney Diana Becton to dismiss all pending cases and to release all incarcerated individuals whose cases involve the Antioch Police Department officers caught up in the latest racist text messaging scandal.

A joint investigation conducted by the FBI and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office released a report on Thursday detailing dozens of incidents of racist, homophobic, sexist and derogatory text messages involving 14 Antioch Police Department officers.