those are the people to blame for continuing too provide cover to the police department and this type of culture, they are responsible for this. kristen: how do you think police stephen ford is handling this? >> he has not set anything up until this point. i did see some of his remarks last night. i was very happy that he was very clear as to what these text messages mean for the department and that they are not acceptable. i was pleased to see that. in terms of what his job will be, he has a hard job ahead of him. this counsel is not going to be like past councils where we look the other way. we are going to have very high expectations. we are going to change the structure of reporting in the city and the chief will report to the city council directly. we will no longer have a buffer between us. this will be our police department and it will not be an independent agency as its run in the past as if it has no ties to the city. kristen: i want to go back to last night, the committee member you confronted called for an audit of your own text messages, and putting during protests against

anyone with information is asked to contact the pleasanton police department. >> community members are rallying outside antioch city hall right now as inside city leaders are discussing those racist text messages sent by some of the cities. police officers. protesters are demanding changes at the police department. julie revealed racist text messages show alleged exchanges between 17 current officers at the department and those tax have now become the public focus of this investigation. community members gathered at the police station this afternoon and then they marched a few blocks over to city hall ahead of the council meeting tonight. >> kron four's harry live at that rally. she joins us now from antioch city hall with more. amanda. >> good evening. right now, many of those ralliers of actually went inside to go into the community meeting and talk to the city council members about what is going on. many speaking up during the public comment asking for an investigation into the police department. now before the meeting, the community groups gathered outside for that rally and march.

demanded change at the police department. all of this coming after two reports highlighted racist, misogynistic and homophobic text messages by antiochus police officers on group chats, abc seven news reporter on to hassan is live with more. good evening. this group just survived a short while ago. they're here for the start of the special five pm city council meeting. now it was a small group. they say they're not here to disrupt the city council meeting, but they will present a list of demands. mayor thorpe says this meeting is to call for an audit of the police department. the community says they're calling for change. the area, community groups and antiochus residents are calling for change of the antioch's police department. they were sending pictures of each other to each other, with gorillas talking about essentially like that, they feel like they're at a zoo. um i mean it just really disturbing stuff. you know what? that's how they view the people of any attack. um how could you ever cheat a person humanely as a human

we are so short staffed the over time is high for the police department. i believe when i ran the figures 20 thousand dollars in over time. and then there is 10 b over time when the police officers provide services such as patrolling union square that was 10 thousand dollars. again we don't put this in i survey that is more compensation it is associated with work performed it is in the additional for the same job that's why we don't incorporate those in surveys >> this is a discussion we had and sure it came up a lot in america negotiations over the high use of over time do you have a sense of -- the amount of over time a welcome thing? by and large for when poa's at the table or is it a viewed as a problem they are trying torous? and part of this. i want to frip this from our conversations about this, a big part of the conversation around retention issues and what is driving the reduction in numbers. what makes the city competitive. certain for some officers than i consider the inin from additional over time to be a benefit. however, it is would like to po

police department was forced to rehire 36 officers according to a d.c. auditor report d.c. had to pay $14.3 million in back pay to these convicted and disciplined officers. look, the question of whether police chiefs or arbitrators should be the ones to decide to put disciplined copbacks on the force is a matter for local decision making. in washington as it is in every other jurisdiction in the country. 700,000 tax paying american citizens have decided through their elected representatives that the chief of police, who is appointed by the mayor of the district of columbia, should be the ones to be able toties plin bad actors within the police department. reversing the d.c. government on this local matter is outrageous interference by congress to impose a bad public policy on the capital city. with that, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: i yield six minutes to the gentleman from georgia, the sponsor of the resolution, mr. clyde. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gent

that is, by our accounting, at least 20% of antioch police department. we know that police anywhere have an important job. they are supposed to keep the city safe. what does the police department say about all these people bein taken off-line? are they able t continue doing their jobs? >> reporter: i had a chance to talk with the chief after he made a presentation to the city council tonight. he said that they have been able to adjust staffing, and that things shoul be okay. he said right now they don't even know the extent of how many officers are involved in this investigation, because it is continuing. listen to wha he had to say. >> we have adequate coverage. thankfully we have restructured our staffing and our patrol division, so there will be no gaps in service. the city is safe. >> reporter: again, very tense meeting here in antioch tonight the city council meeting still going on inside. no doubt this is going to be a topic of many meetings to come. >> i would imagine so. katie, thank you for staying on top of that for us. we appreciate it. tonight

police department going under federal oversight. owever, the case in oakland was brought by private attorneys because the federal department of justice did not act on that and as a result the consent decree is not subject to the push on to a is in washington dc. democrats tended to push civil rights law and republicans don't. democratic administrations will be subject to pressure over time. you can have city leaders pull strings or people in the senate, the department of justice. ok, it is enough. we will put it back. in oakland because it is a third-party it is not part of government. 119 plaintiffs, all but one black man, who were falsely arrested, tortured, imprisoned, abused by a group of police officers in west oakland that does themselves the riders. a police gang, if you will. there are quite a few in los angeles, i have been told. as a result of the independence of the consent decree. unfortunately, the ways in which the police department has chosen to engage not -- to not engage in genuine reform, it is the longest running e

and dmitry istomin, who for some time he held the position of deputy head of the seringinsky police department, the latter got a job as a civilian in the security department of a commercial enterprise. as a result, both were accused of committing a double murder and sent to the season. and soon, new articles about kidnapping and attempted murder appeared in the criminal case, according to the investigation , shortly before the arrest, evgeny inkin and dmitry istomin decided, as they say, to remove the only witness ekaterina ponomarev , the woman is sure that they planned to kill her i arrived. mom is not at home to drown the river and another employee, dmitry istomin, was not among them. by the way, as for the murder of two girls, the former policeman istomin a turned out to be at that time he was taking his wife to the maternity hospital. and another important detail to prove the fact of the capture and attempted murder of ekaterina ponomareva, the investigation failed to succeed, apparently, therefore, even before the start of the process, the employees of the icr considered it possible to r

this comes as some people questions whether the antioch police department acted as a "police gang." abc 7 news reporter anser hassan has details. >> if police officers want to be treated like professionals, they need to act like professionals. it is that professional. -- it is that simple. anser: races in houma so -- homophobic text antioch police officers over eight period of two years. a sample of some of the text messages, "i'm on my way right now. what are you guys up to?" another officer replies, "violating civil-rights." >> this is not just the antioch police department today, this is historical. anser: the report as being a target of antioch police picked she said given the number of officers involved, it could be considered a police gang under california law. >> penal code a lot of what we have meet the definition of a law enforcement gang. >> i have had no problem with a police gang. anser: even know he would categorize antioch pd to be acting this way can it would be up to an outside agency to investigate patterns of the department to make that determination. >> that is a

it was disgusting nonetheless and traumatizing, knowing that a leader within the police department had this very derogatory statement. >> reporter: mayor pro tem torres walker says messages like these referring to black suspects as officers feeling they were at the zoo highlight a cultural problem within the department. >> the biggest challenge is going to be shifting the culture in the police department. the culture of anti-blackness, racism, bigotry, sexism. >> reporter: county officials say at least 45 officers are involved with 16 of them in leadership positions. and a special meeting tonight, council discussing what actions to take, including an audit of internal affairs and equity, among other measures, to hold the police department accountable. >> my hope is not just that we change the culture in the police department but change the culture in the community. >> reporter: you can see people are making their way into the meeting here tonight. as of april, there were 99 sworn officers, only 38 of those were actually assigned to patrol. now, those numbers do not include the officers

that, one of the things we focus on in the book is the initial statement from the minneapolis police department. the statement essentially with a nothing to see here statement. a middle-aged man had a medical incident during a police stop, no weapons used, and let's move on. it wasn't until the video came out and people took to the streets and were engaged in the public got engaged that we saw the propulsion of the officers being fired and charged and tried. that showed us the importance of community engagement and policing the police in several cases and being willing to challenge police in the appropriate ways. i think if there were no witnesses willing to stop and pull out their phones and speak out and testify, this would be a story that ran on the inside of the paper about a man who died of a medical incident during a police stop and it would be like countless other incidences where people were killed under suspicious circumstances and their family members believe with all their heart they were murdered by the police, but don't have the evidence or engagement from the public. and for those

one moment says she is now waiting to find out if the detectives in the pittsburgh police department in her husband's criminal case are among the accused. we have a feeling now that this broke that those same police officers that's been harassing him and arrested and have cases on him. ah they're the same ones. the dhs offices it is identifying cases that happened potentially compromised by the text messages . the mayor requested three audits of the police department and all were approved unanimously by the city council in antioch. amberleigh ktvu, fox two news. at 11 san francisco supervisors have approved the new police contract. the measure includes incentives for officers to stay in the department, as well as to transfer in from other departments. mayor london breed says the deal will also help recruit new officers by giving san francisco the highest paid entry level salary for larger cities here in the bay area. police chief bill scott says the department is currently 562 officers short of recommended staffing levels for san francisco supervisor for district nine is heating up wi

to support our short supply of police department, the short supply to the police department, we must provide a budget so we can train new officers. i urge the board of supervisors to approve the mayor's proposed budget for fund the overtime pay to our police officers. this will will ultimately benefit our communities. thank you. [applause] >> i want to thank you all for your patience, i know this has been long program but i have one more speaker before we wrap it up. many know that my grandmother raised me when i lost my grandmother there were a lot of grandmothers in china town that adopted me and it filled my heart with so much joy, especially the next speaker who basically lead the charge, embraced me and i'm going to tell you something when i saw all of the uprising around the challenges that were happening where many of our elderly, mostly chinese grandmothers were being attacked, it broke my heart because i couldn't imagine how their families and communities were feeling especially if something like would have happened like that to my grandmother. i don't know what i would do.

how did these 24 or 26 individuals end up in the police department? how were they screened? this brings up a whole other issue about how do you stop others like-minded coming into the department? then you have city government and the issue there becomes does the mayor and city council, do they determine who hires the chief or is it still issues here. how can you trust people who have these racist attitudes patrolling your community and obliged and obligated to protect and serve? i don't think you can. >> let's touch back on the criminal cases in antioch. could we see an actual reversal in those past convictions and could we see charges dropped in pending cases? >> absolutely. that has happened in other jurisdictions. so it is up to the district attorney along with the public defender's office to look at every single one of these cases to determine what really happened. apparently according to some of these text messages, these officers had no problem falsifying reports, making up things in order to arrest people. that cannot stand. it's going to take some tedious work and per

, and dmitry istomin, who for some time served as deputy head of the ringga police department , retiredgot a job as a citizen in the security department of a commercial enterprise. as a result, both were accused of committing a double murder and sent to the season. and soon , new articles about kidnapping and attempted murder appeared in the criminal case, according to the investigation , shortly before the arrest, evgeny inkin and dmitry istomin decided to remove the only witness ekaterina ponomarev , the woman is sure that they planned to kill her . the trainee handcuffed and brought his weight to the river was not unfastened, and i ran away , according to her, another employee dmitry istomin was not among them. by the way, with regard to the murder of two girls at that time, he took his wife to the hospital. and one more important detail to prove the fact of the capture and attempted murder of ekaterina ponomareva, the investigation failed to prove such an important witness, apparently, therefore, even before the start of the process, the tfr officers considered possible to release y

it also asks the mayor and the police department to thoroughly investigate lee's death. the mayor's office says police are aggressively investigating, take thing case and all homicides very seriously. >>> we're following developing news in the south bay where san jose police say the victim in the shooting just south of downtown has died. shots rang out around noon in broad daylight yesterday near the intersection of south 3rd street. paramedics rushed one person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. that victim did not survive. no word on any arrests or possible shooters. this is san jose's eighth homicide of the year. >>> people yesterday in san francisco marched for lbgtq rights. >> we are not hateful. we are not taking over your kids. >> this is a look at the drag up, fight back demonstration were people were protecting the targeting of lbgtq plus people across the country. in 33 states, lawmakers have introduced 300 bills this legislative system, including bans on gender-affirming care. in three states, there are efforts to ban drag shows. speakers and suppo

president, just for point of reference and to the police department, they want to answer this, this does not impact their policing in any way. >> i would believe that the controller will tell you, mr. controller before you go and as the this shenanigan happens before this president, because of the level of over spending, is that true or not true. >> that's true, given the over spending, our department has imposed hiring freezes in the department and begun to place non salary freezes. those have to remain in affect until the board of supervisor as proofs additional funds. >> chief, there is a representation that you're okay with this, can you come to the microphone and tell us if it's true or not true. and if it's true, why have you not informed this president of that. >> good afternoon, president peskin and board. i'm not okay with the hiring freeze. i'm okay if the board votes to get additional funding with this. but i'm not okay with the hiring freeze. to be clear. >> so chief, relative to one's word in this institution works, it's not the board of supervisors that propose the reductio

and i want to, again, thank the police department, the commissioner, for their response and for the necessary preparation as we deal with this major historical potential event that would take place in the city. this time, i'd like to introduce the police commissioner of the city of new york. >> thank you, mr. mayor. afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here. as always, the nypd is prepared to ensure that everyone is able to have their voices heard peacefully while exercising their first amendment rights. we do this work in close collaboration with our federal, state and local partners because keeping our city safe is absolutely a collective effort. as the mayor stated, there are no credible or specific threats to new york city at this time. new yorkers may see an increased police presence in parts of the city and should anticipate intermittent road closures over the next few days, particularly in manhattan. to avoid delays, i too, urge everyone to use mass transit when possible. as i said, our job is to facilitate and safeguard the rights of people to express themselves and those going ab

of antioch, calling for an independent audit of the internal affairs process of that city's police department. that's after a judge revealed the names of 17 antioch police officers who are alleged to have sent racist text messages to one another. thank you for joining us for kron. 4 news at 6. i'm pam moore. i'm ken contra costa county superior court judge recently ruled in favor of publicly disclosing information. >> surrounding the racist texts by members of the antioch police department prompted the major concerns by the anti a mayor who now wants a complete audit of interactions between people of color and antioch police force has it might. reports. racial animusowards minorities. that is how it contra costa superior court judge characterized as text messages between members of the antioch police department who are currently defendants in an fbi police misconduct case. antioch mayor lamar thorpe explains why he views this as cause for alarm. >> shan sales, someone made a racist remark. she said racial and that's that's a problem. that's a cultural problem. contempt towards people of color

we created a -- with a very small police department at the time. since, then responsibilities have continued to expand. so that the policing of today is one that is effectively technology driven, the average officer wearing body cams and carrying belt. the difficulty of policing today is much more significant. the ability to spread fear, even with a crime that is below the numbers, fortunately, that it might abetted most cities in the early 1990s, was being broadcast in a very different way. back in the day, the l.a. times, the l.a. news, three or four tv stations. and you basically have cable everywhere. everyone is walking around with two smartphones. it's coming from everywhere. and it's really very different, if you will. frustration for police, trying to get their message out that, even with the aims of reducing crime, the -- if it bleeds, it leaks. here we are tonight, watching the news usually. tonight the 6:00 news, you have the first six stories on the 6:00 news, the local news broadcast. three in the subway, three in the streets. that then

i've called for these internal audits that we can start focusing now, the culture of the police department, the attorney representing a number of the officers named in the tax scandal released a statement that reads in part, quote, we understand the public scrutiny of police officers throughout the nation and acknowledge that revelations up. >> text messaging such as that reported in this case can provoke emotional and even sometimes hateful responses. >> nevertheless, police officers, even when accused of potential misconduct should be afforded basic and fundamental rights of due process, unquote haaziq kron. 4 news. >> still to come on this hour of kron, 4 news cities, bay man has been arrested trying to get back into the country from mexico for a homicide. that happened almost 4 years ago and happy for 20. we're going to take a look at the celebrations already underway and >> how you can still celebrate the bay. how the pleasanton community is remembering the man who shot and killed trying to stop a retail theft at a to stop a retail theft at a home depot this week. ♪ i like to move it,

council members say 45 officers is nearly half of the antioch police department. 16 of them are in leadership roles. here's an internal affairs officer. that's part of these text chains. >> showing once again, the police cannot police the police. >> i'm hoping and you know this, mike, naive on my part of that number doesn't get any bigger. wilson says the council will be working with the police chief determine what to do with all the officers involved right now. at least a quarter of the department has been placed on leave. meanwhile, reverend al sharpton is asking the department of justice to investigate the antioch police department. >> and provide security to mayor lamar thorpe who was allegedly threatened in some of the tax. the mayor's contact information has been removed from the city website. it's scary. it's scary for anyone regardless of race or gender or social >> background wilson says the audit will be formally approved at a future meeting. amanda hari kron. 4 news still to come on the kron 4 morning news. we're talking about some california lawmakers. >> we'll show a bill that wo

met dorsey and catherine stephanie announced a petition drive to get what they're calling the police department full staffing act on the march 2024 ballot. if approved by voters, the charter amendment would re establish minimum police staffing levels and mandates certain budgetary provisions over a five year period to achieve a fully staffed police force. pressure is growing on san francisco mayor london breed to solve the homeless and fentanyl crisis in the downtown district board president aaron peskin plans to move the monthly question and answer session with the mayor from city hall to nearby united nations plaza. he says he wants to force a public discussion out in the open supervisor. peskin tells the chronicle he understands solving the issues are extremely tough, and says the city's chief executive must be held accountable. the mayor's meeting, maybe scheduled for may 23rd, possibly sooner. alameda county's new d a pamela prices marking 100 days as the county's top prosecutor. in that time, she has come under heavy criticism for her progressive policies and the way she's handled high pr

a wellness officer with the yuba city police department. er found the rabbit hopping around the middle of percy avenue. they brought the bunny to animal control and nobody came to claim him so the department adopted him. the job of officer percy is to promote mental and physical health for department employees and their families. most days he is just hanging out around the police department and making everybody feel better. when you see the bunny you just feel better. >> he is candice nguyen: this is an nbc bay area news special. we investigate the latest advancement in artificial intelligence. why it's forcing some of the bay area's largest schools to rethink the way their classrooms are run. and-- mark amador: this tree's leaning over. it's gonna hit this house. i'm just wondering why they haven't completed the job. jaxon van derbeken: how long has it been? mark: two and a half years. candice: pg&e cutting trees to prevent the kind of fires that tore through napa. but is the utility trading one fire danger for another? plus-- jimmy maerina

plus, the fallout continues in the antioch police departments. racist text message scandal. >> details on a new federal lawsuit and the inv >> fallout continues in the east bay over those text messages allegedly exchanged between an antioch police officers. the department is currently under intense scrutiny, including investigations by the fbi and the contra costa county district attorneys office more than 40 officers are accused of exchanging racist, sexually explicit and homophobic text messages. and now there is a call for another federal investigation. kron four's justine waltman live for us in our newsroom. she starts our team coverage on this scandal. justine. >> ken and pam, according to congressman john garamendi, at least 45 officers were involved exchanging these disturbing text messages. that's about half of the total 99 sworn officers currently employed by the antioch police department, which is why he has now sent a letter to the department of justice asking for federal help to investigate. the letter sent today to attorney general me

that is over 20% of the police department, which i already understaffed. we reache out antioch pd but did not hear back. the chief told us that th department has already restructured its peripheral division, and that the city would be covered. emotions really exploded at last night's antioch city council meeting about this. there was even a shouting match between the mayo and a man making public comment to wanted the mayor investigate instead of the police. >> it is absolutely wrong! >> the mayor apologized for the moment, for losing his cool, he said. he said that reading the text about him was incredibly personal. shawn chitnis is on the late show with us. thank yo for being here. i know you talked with him this evening an he was clearly upset. what did he have to say tonight? >> reporter: the mayor said it was a good evening. we obviousl have this interesting order of events. certainly people were emotional and frustrated last night, but first you start with this crazy scandal, then you have a heated exchange. a day later, he stands by what he said. >> h

notice that there are more than a few of the chairs at this morning briefing at the alameda police department were nearly 30% down. >> from where we should be. and that is why by a unanimous vote. the alameda city council recently adopted a temporary recruitment and hiring incentive program which police chief the shot joshi says may be the highest in the country. the bonus right now. 75,000 $1 for anyone who wants to be a police officer as far as we can find. this is the largest hiring incentive in the entire country. we've kind of been. >> a little depleted over the last years in terms of staffing. >> okay. where was it stolen from what location year to date the authorized staffing level at the alameda police department of 88 officers has not changed but the number of cops in uniform has decreased from 73 in 2022. down to 64 in 2023. staffing being a critically low levels impacts public safety, which is a big deal for the detective to work in the violent crimes unit and things unfortunately hadn't dipped in terms of activity in crime. so >> help is. always welcome. >> we're more cheap shot.

public defenders now want all cases involving the antioch police department to be dismissed this after another batch of racist text messages allegedly sent by officers was released. officers who are on duty use personal phones to refer to black people as zoo and circus animals. well, forcing the eu has that story. >> a second batch of explicit text messages exchanged between antioch police officer is was released monday by the contra costa district pttorney's office. these 14 pages contain alleged texts sent between 10 officers talking about suspects in a murder case in contra costa county. the graphic nature of the text and images limits what can be show. here's an exchange from march 20th 2021 officer rumble. text. i hate these idiots officer adams replies, but cops or the n words regarding the hospitalization of one of the suspects. officer marco text. the nurse smiling when he was making noises in pain and she started laughing. officer rumble replied el mayo. what a member of the lgbtq community. got his expletive. look. >> so the public simply can not have faith or confidence in t

it's not clear exactly where the fire department vehicle was trying to get to police. meanwhile, finally put a stop to another side show. this is later in the night about 11, 30 last night. this is at almaden road and curtner avenue. officials say air support was called in to help coordinate a response. 4 people were arrested. 21 citations were issued. 3 vehicles were impounded for 30 days. meanwhile, in oakland, a sideshow turned especially dangerous with participants lighting a ring of fire on the ground. check it out. this is about one 30 sunday morning. you can see people who let the ring of fire are actually standing inside of it. oakland police say upwards of 100 cars gathered at the intersection of 45th and market there to watch the activity. we're told officers ended up towing and citing multiple vehicles there in oakland and across the bridge. a different side show in san francisco. look at all the people here. this one attracted hundreds of folks. this is early sunday morning as well near dolores in 16th there at the city's mission district slot of people. po

the mayor proposed three separate audits of the police department, including internal affairs, hiring and promotions and police culture. all three passed city council unanimously in eniac, brooks jarocz. ktvu, fox two news. six of our employees in jail, accused of a deadly hit and run crash while on the job in south san francisco. the crash happened on april 5th at one o'clock in the morning, police say a pedestrian crossing al camino real near mcclelland drive was hit and killed and the driver took off. police say they collected evidence and conducted interviews with 5 52 year old joaquin do art as the driver. officers say duarte's the system's service for worker for bart and was on duty at the time of the crash. he was taken into custody and booked into the same mateo county jail yesterday confirmed to artist an employee and said in a statement. in part quote bart wants to express sincere condolences to the victims. family is fully cooperating with the police investigation into this tragedy to more people are in custody in the south bay and a string of strong arm robberies that appe

the audit will look into the police department's internal affairs police hiring and promotional practices and an examination of equity and police culture. council members say the audit will take some time and even longer for new policy changes to be made. reverend al sharpton is calling on the department of justice to step in saying in a statement the hood is offer these cops and we have seen their true colors. when you have 17 members of the antioch police department. now, as you mentioned, about 50, they're offering free dinner to ever shoot samara. how can you expect any of them to honestly keep him let alone anyone else safe. i am respectfully asking attorney general garland to take over the situation as we have seen these and incidents galvanize those who wish to cause harm against black elected officials and quote, kron four's amanda hari is talking to an antioch council member about all of this. and the investigation should have more details on what's happening. that's coming up on kron. 4 news at 9. >> the u.s. supreme court is extending a temporary stay on the fda's approval of a

he says he will gather on the front steps of the antioch's police department with the plaintiffs to givepolice chief and the city, but so far we have not heard back. jana katsuyama live for us tonight in studio janet. thank you. police scandal has increased division and distrust between the police department and the mayor of the city who is black. we spoke with the mayor today who says he is worried about his own safety. i've been concerned about my personal safety since the day i became the mayor. any off near lamar thorpe says confrontations against him are nothing new. the racist text messages among officers suggests they shoot the mayor during a 2020 protests following the murder of george floyd. reverend al sharpton is now calling on the u. s. department of justice to provide protection. tweeting quote. the true colors of the police department are exposed. attorney general garland we demand action. there are people who have literally blamed me because we have a racist police officers at the police department. blame me and to somehow i brought the fbi into the city of antioch. city o

dorsey and catherine stephanie today announced the petition drive to get what they're calling the police departmentl staffing act on the march 2024 ballot. we are in the most competitive environment for law enforcement personnel in modern history and addressing police understaffing will enable us to make a bigger difference and sooner to turn the tide on public safety challenges. afflicting myriad harms on our city and its neighborhoods. if it makes it to the ballot and is approved by voters. the charter amendment would re establish minimum police staffing levels and mandates certain budgetary provisions over a five year period to achieve a fully staffed police force. francisco mayor london breed is pushing back against growing public sentiment that the city is not safe. much of that criticism came to a head following a high profile killing just last week of this man, the founder of cash app. he's a tech executive named bob lee and he died on the sidewalk last tuesday after being stabbed while walking in the rincon hill neighborhood. many people in san francisco also pointed the city's continued st

it has been a very busy couple of weeks for the san francisco police department. and i can't be more than happy and proud to be here today. to honor members of department who have been demonstrated extraordinary work it i can and also met the challenges of picture job in a way that is gone above and beyond the call of duty before i move on one some of any comments i wanted to thank and acknowledge the former police chief who is in the back (clapping.) chief and i had a conversation awhile back to talk about what we could do to support police officers in san francisco and in fact, some of you know i've been visiting a number of police stations and hardcore knowing sessions hearing about information that was hard to hear more so because what i think about the challenges of what the department is fashioned when i can't help but think about what i can do or some of the elected and leaders could do to make sure we are doing everything we can to support them. and in fact, it has been a hard couple of years for law enforcement in general we know that the departments over

but first, a civil rights attorney wants a federal lawsuit filed against the police department will get into the details about the accusations being made. >> behalf of the people who say they were victimized by the department will hear from them. those stories and we start with developing news out of any off this afternoon where a civil lawsuit has just been filed on behalf of several people who say they are victims of some of the officers named in the antioch police department. text message scandal. kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has the story. >> i have been. >> asking targeted and railroaded. but any our police department for over 10 years claim that i was dealing drugs out in oso here. when you read that list. >> but all officers that first 20 point, all of those officers beat my son except 3. these residents are part of a federal civil rights lawsuit announced here outside the antioch police department. the litigation is against the city of antioch and members of apd who are named in an investigation by the fbi and the contra costa district attorney's office. that investigation reveal

council members say 45 officers is nearly half of the antioch police department. 16 of them are in leadership roles. there's an internal affairs officer. that's part of these text chains. >> showing once again, the police cannot police the police. >> i'm hoping and you know this, mike, naive on my part of that number doesn't get any bigger. wilson says the council will be working with the police chief determine what to do with all the officers involved right now. at least a quarter of the department has been placed on leave. meanwhile, reverend al sharpton is asking the department of justice to investigate the antioch police department. >> and provide security to mayor lamar thorpe who was allegedly threatened in some of the tax. the mayor's contact information has been removed from the city website. it's scary. it's scary for anyone regardless of race or gender or social >> background wilson says the audit will be formally approved at a future meeting. amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> new details tonight about a deadly shooting yesterday at a home depot store in pleasanton. police have identifie

drag performer. >> heklina we have learned london's police department is investigating. police say clean it was found unresponsive at a home in the soho square neighborhood monday morning. a clean his friends. peaches christ says the 55 year-old was performing for several weeks at london's soho theater. an autopsy has not yet been completed to determine the exact cause of death. >> community groups in san jose are calling for an investigation of the san jose police officers association. now that its executive director is facing federal drug charges as kron four's. dan kerman tells us this group led by the naacp also has demands for city leaders. >> years the sounds a police officer's association have fashion themselves as a champion of safety and justice. >> that they have now been exposed to be allowing an international drug trade to be operating quite literally under the roofs is the ultimate example of hypocrisy. a coalition of community groups led by the naacp of san jose. >> gathered at san jose city hall wednesday afternoon demanding an independent investigation in

the topic here a racist texting scandal involving 24 members of the city's police department. good evening, everyone. i'm alex savage heather holmes ktvu evan sernoffsky. he joins us now live at the antiochus police headquarters with more on this, evan. alex heather. we spoke to the mayor of this afternoon and got his reaction on that racist texting scandal. we also got his reaction and some words about that outburst last night. he said that that happened because racism fighting racism isn't always pretty. you want to go outside? let's go. i am sick and tired of being attacked by these people in this community, apologizing for the racism that is going on, and that's community. mayor lamar thorpe didn't hold back at tuesday night city council meeting. it came after revelations about a racist texting scandal involving 24 members of the city's police department. very, very disturbing, very disappointing, very angry. the city's police force has been under investigation by the fbi for months related to various possible crimes. but new text messages revealed this week show at least t