An FBI-assisted investigation found messages from the East Bay Area city's officers containing the N-word, other racist insults and threats against Mayor Lamar Thorpe.
On April 24, 2020, the report alleges, Antioch Police Sgt. Josh Evans texted Officer Morteza Amiri, “I’ll bury that [N-word] in my fields.” Amiri laughed at the text. Evans responded, “And yes....it was a hard R on purpose.” Amiri replied a minute later, “haha there’s no accidents with you on that.”Eight months after The Times revealed racist texts by Torrance police officers, city officials have done little to hold them accountable.
As protests over police conduct erupted in Antioch on June 8, 2020, Officer John Ramirez wrote in a text to 22 other officers: “I’ll buy someone a prime rib dinner at House of prim rib to 40 that mfr [Thorpe] during the protest today.” The report says that the text is referencing the use of a 40-millimeter launcher to fire so-called less-lethal ammunition at the mayor.on Wednesday, dozens of residents expressed concerns about the text messages.
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