FBI Indicts Multiple California Police Officers in Civil Rights Probe

The FBI has arrested nine police officers from the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments in the East Bay for alleged civil rights violations, interfering with investigations, and defrauding their employers. The arrests were made following an 18-month FBI investigation and the release of four federal grand jury indictments. Charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud, deprivation of civil rights, and destruction of records. The investigation revealed a culture of racist and homophobic messages among Antioch police officers, as well as falsified confessions and physical assaults on suspects. The arrests mark a turning point for the community, which has been reeling from recent police scandals, and dozens of cases involving the indicted officers have since been dropped or derailed.