Hundreds of criminal cases could be in jeopardy after a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed offensive texts sent by several Torrance police officers.
At least 85 criminal cases have been thrown out, with potentially hundreds more in jeopardy amidst an investigation into racist, anti-semitic and homophobic text messages sent by at least 12 current and former police officers of the Torrance, California police department.
Hours after the publication of the Times investigation, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an independent investigation into the conduct of the officers and the police department as a whole. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón's office investigated the vandalism charges and began requesting messages sent by the officers, which led to the discovery of the other officers in the department that sent similar texts.
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