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Overnight Labour day shootings: At least 6 hospitalised after gunfire erupted outside Nashville bar
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Overnight Labour day shootings: At least 6 hospitalised after gunfire erupted outside Nashville bar

Hindustan Times  

At least six people were injured in a Labour Day shooting in Antioch, South Nashville, as gunfire erupted around 3 am on Monday, September 2, according to Metro Nashville Police Department. At least six people injured after gunfire erupted outside the SkyBar & Lounge in Antioch, South Nashville on Monday, September 2, 2024. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Local news outlet …

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6 California police officers paid someone to take college courses for them. Now they face prison
4 months, 1 week ago

6 California police officers paid someone to take college courses for them. Now they face prison

LA Times  

The troubled Antioch Police Department faces another blow, as a second police officer was convicted last week in a scheme to fraudulently obtain college degrees for higher pay. Morteza Amiri, 33, and five others from the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments falsely claimed they had obtained bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice in a ploy to qualify for higher pay, the …

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Buddhists use karmic healing against one US city's anti-Asian legacy and nationwide prejudice today
9 months ago

Buddhists use karmic healing against one US city's anti-Asian legacy and nationwide prejudice today

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Williams, who also is a religion professor at the …

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Buddhists use karmic healing against one US city’s anti-Asian legacy and nationwide prejudice today
9 months ago

Buddhists use karmic healing against one US city’s anti-Asian legacy and nationwide prejudice today

Associated Press  

ANTIOCH, California — For one afternoon, on Antioch’s main street and tranquil riverbank, the fragrance of burning incense was paired with the sound of Buddhist and Tao chants. Williams, who also is a religion professor at the University of Southern California, said event organizers desired not just a political reaction, but “a Buddhist response that draws on our teachings and …

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A California city wrestles with its history of discrimination against early Chinese immigrants
9 months ago

A California city wrestles with its history of discrimination against early Chinese immigrants

Associated Press  

ANTIOCH, Calif. — In 1939, after attending the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, Alfred Chan and his friends were headed back home to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. But without that first step, we have no progress.” In May 2021, Thorpe had issued a formal apology for Antioch’s mistreatment of early Chinese immigrants, including the torching of Chinatown and …

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Authorities charge 9 current or former California police officers in corruption case
1 year, 4 months ago

Authorities charge 9 current or former California police officers in corruption case

LA Times  

Nine current or former Northern California police officers were charged Thursday in a federal corruption investigation that found evidence they committed civil rights violations and fraud in an effort to get a pay raise and lied on reports to cover up use of excessive force, U.S. authorities said. “Any breach the public’s trust is absolutely unacceptable,” Tripp said while discussing …

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Column: Does racism make you ‘too stupid to be a cop’? A California law says yes
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: Does racism make you ‘too stupid to be a cop’? A California law says yes

LA Times  

Kiora Hansen and Della Currie, from left, protest during a rally at Antioch police headquarters in Antioch, Calif., on April 18. The city council of a small San Francisco Bay Area city voted to launch three audits of its troubled Antioch Police Department, the latest development in a yearlong federal investigation of the police force that blew up this month …

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California city audits police who sent racist, abusive texts
1 year, 8 months ago

California city audits police who sent racist, abusive texts

Associated Press  

ANTIOCH, Calif. — A San Francisco Bay Area city council is undertaking an audit of its troubled police department, the latest development in a year-long federal investigation of the Antioch Police Department that blew up this month with the disclosure of racist and hostile text messages sent by officers. Officials have named 17 officers who sent text messages, including the …

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California city audits police who sent racist, abusive texts
1 year, 8 months ago

California city audits police who sent racist, abusive texts

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A San Francisco Bay Area city council voted …

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Antioch police officers texted racist slurs, threats to harm Black mayor, D.A. report says
1 year, 8 months ago

Antioch police officers texted racist slurs, threats to harm Black mayor, D.A. report says

LA Times  

Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe was the target of threats in texts by Antioch police officers. More than a dozen police officers in Antioch, Calif., have been implicated in the latest scandal over racist text messages to rock a police department in the state, according to an investigation by the Contra Costa County district attorney’s office and the FBI. Evans responded, …

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California tenants rise up, demand rent caps from city halls
2 years, 1 month ago

California tenants rise up, demand rent caps from city halls

Associated Press  

ANTIOCH, Calif. — Kim Carlson’s apartment has flooded with human feces multiple times, the plumbing never fixed in the low-income housing complex she calls home in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Antioch. The tenants who flooded City Council meetings drew largely from four affordable-housing complexes, including sister properties Delta Pines and Casa Blanca, where an estimated 150 households …

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Some Pittsburg, Antioch officers under misconduct probe
2 years, 8 months ago

Some Pittsburg, Antioch officers under misconduct probe

Associated Press  

PITTSBURG, Calif. — Three police officers in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Pittsburg are on paid leave after being the target of an investigation into alleged “crimes of moral turpitude,” authorities said. The probe by the FBI and investigators from the Contra Costa District Attorney’s office also focuses on sworn officers from the Antioch Police Department, county prosecutors …

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Family of man killed after police put knee to his neck sues
3 years, 4 months ago

Family of man killed after police put knee to his neck sues

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Family members of a Navy veteran who died after a Northern California police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes during a mental health crisis filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Antioch, its police chief and four police officers, they said Monday. The lawsuit filed by Angelo Quinto’s mother and younger …

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White residents burned this California Chinatown to the ground. An apology came 145 years later
3 years, 4 months ago

White residents burned this California Chinatown to the ground. An apology came 145 years later

LA Times  

In the basement of Reign Salon in Antioch, a brick wall is a reminder of a dark past. Antioch is one of many California cities, including Los Angeles and Santa Ana, where white residents lynched Chinese people or burned down their neighborhoods in the late 1800s and early 1900s. An apology and commitment to “rectify the lingering consequences” goes a …

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Family: Navy vet died after police knelt on his neck
3 years, 10 months ago

Family: Navy vet died after police knelt on his neck

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A Navy veteran who was going through an episode of paranoia died after a Northern California police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, his family said Tuesday. His family says a responding officer knelt on Quinto’s neck for nearly five minutes while another officer restrained his legs. They handcuffed him and one officer put his …

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Family says Navy vet died after Bay Area police knelt on his neck
3 years, 10 months ago

Family says Navy vet died after Bay Area police knelt on his neck

LA Times  

Navy veteran Angelo Quinto smiles at his home in Berkeley on Jan. 4, 2018. Quinto, who was going through an episode of paranoia, died after a Northern California police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, his family said Tuesday. A Navy veteran who was going through an episode of paranoia died after a Northern California police officer knelt …

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