Torrance, California: Police Officers' Bigoted Text Messages Have Just Undone Dozens Of Felony Cases

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California Police Officers' Bigoted Text Messages Have Just Undone Dozens Of Felony Cases

27 December 2021

Racism and policing go hand-in-hand. It's been this way ever since police forces were created for the purpose of tracking down escaped slaves and returning them to their owners. Flash forward 150 years and very little has changed other than the ending of slavery. Unsurprisingly, the advent of social media platforms and the increase in smartphone use has exposed the racism that still flows through far too many law enforcement agencies. Multiple investigations have been triggered by the exposure of bigoted communications between officers. It hasn't exactly resulted in a nationwide reckoning for racist officers, but it has at least ...

California Police Officers' Bigoted Text Messages Have Just Undone Dozens Of Felony Cases

Racism and policing go hand-in-hand. It’s been this way ever since police forces were created for the purpose of tracking down escaped slaves and returning them to their owners. Flash forward…

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Federal lawsuit filed against city of Torrance in police racist text scandal

21 January 2022

A Redondo Beach man whose car was allegedly vandalized with racist graffiti by two Torrance police officers filed a federal lawsuit against the South Bay city this week, revealing new details about the incident, which sparked an investigation that revealed more than a dozen Torrance cops had been exchanging racist and homophobic text messages for years. Kiley Swaine, 28, accused the officers of unlawful search and seizure, unlawful taking of his property and violating his constitutional rights in a 46-page complaint filed Wednesday. Ex-Torrance police officers Cody Weldin and Christopher Tomsic were charged last year with spray-painting a swastika inside ...

Federal lawsuit filed against city of Torrance in police racist text scandal

The man whose car was tagged with racist graffiti after it was towed by two Torrance police officers has filed a federal lawsuit against the city.

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