California police called black people 'gorillas' and 'monkey' in texts

An investigation into more than a dozen police officers in one Northern community revealed texts that referred to black people as circus monkeys and gorillas.

Documents released by investigators show 17 officers in Antioch sending or receiving racist messages including threats of violence against the city's own mayor, Lamar Thorpe, who is black.

Antioch Officer John Ramirez wrote in a text in June 2020 as protests were erupting over the death of : 'I'll buy someone a prime rib dinner at House of prim rib to 40 that mfr [motherf****r, directed to Thorpe] during the protest today.'

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