. >> reporter: gigi crowder said the racist text messages confirmed what she already thought. at times antioch police officers were treating black and brown residents different than her white neighbors. >> sometimes you just need the validation and as hard as it was to read the text messages, i read them because now you have it and proof in black and white that it was taking place. >> reporter: the racist text messages came to light as part of an fbi investigation into the antioch and pittsburg police departments alleging officers were distributing cocaine and steroids, accepting bribes, intentionally using excessive force and violating people's civil rights. investigators say some of the officers were part of a text messaging group on their personal phones for years where they would congratulate each other for hurting people during arrests and using the n word repeatedly to talk about city residents. >> i did not want to believe that they were treated badly because of the color of their skin. >> reporter: last night gigi showed up at the city council meeting to talk about an

. >> reporter: gigi crowder said the racest text messages confirmed what she thought. at times antioch police officers were treating black and brown residents different than her white neighbors. >> sometimes, you just need the validation. as hard as it was to read the text messages, i read them because now you have it in proof it was taking place. >> reporter: the racist text messages came to light in an fbi investigation into the antioch and pittsburgh police department. they were accepting bribes, using excessive force and trafficking drugs. some of the officers were part of the text messaging group on their personal phones for years where they would congratulate each other for hurting people during arrests an using the n word repeatedly to talk about city residents. >> i did not want to believe that they were treated badly because of the color of their skin. >> reporter: gigi showed up at a city council meeting to talk about an incident that happened in 2007. her twin boys who were 15 at the time were in hanson park listening to music with their white friends. they

also, one resident, gigi crowder, showed up at the city council meeting to talk about an incident that happened 07. she said her twin boys were in park listening to music with three of their friends. she sai officers showed up to the park and arrested only her sons for being in the park after docs. she said that one of her sons i hearing-impaired. the officer, she says, slammed him on the ground, bloodied his face and shoved his knee into his back. she always asked whether that treatment was racially motivated. >> sometimes you just need validation. as hard as it was t read the text messages, i read them. because now you have it, and prove, in black and white, that it was taking place. the core human values that we carry that there is more similarities and differences, and if we can do it anywhere, we should be able to do it here in antioch. >> she told us she is committed to staying in antioch and helping the community bridge th racial divide. to learn more about the ongoing fallout from antioch pd, including a video statement from the mayor, head to our website, kpix.com. >>> there i