The fallout from the Antioch Police Department texting scandal continues. We have to warn you, this story contains graphic language.
A woman targeted in the Antioch police texting scandal threatens to file a lawsuit against the department.The fallout from the Antioch Police Department texting scandal including threats of lawsuits from some of the people allegedly targeted by police in those text chains.
One community activist who was singled out in the report is raising concerns over continued stereotyping of the Arab and Muslim communities."I have organized where the police were there, ever since, probably middle school. I've seen the police officers, I know those exact police officers," says Antioch resident Shagoofa Khan. "And to know that they were sexualizing me and being very racist, not just towards me but community members, is horrifying.
"What these officers have not only done to me, but the community members, I feel very violated and traumatized. So, I do feel unsafe in this city," says Khan.
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