Interim Antioch Police Chief Brian Addington this week said police were investigating the recent comments as potential criminal or terrorist threats.
ANTIOCH — Police here have opened an investigation after someone on social media called for bringing back “hangings in town square” to “fix Antioch right up.”
The post in question, which purports to be from a man claiming to live in nearby Oakley, was first brought to the city’s attention at the Aug. 27 City Council meeting, when resident Nicole Arrington addressed the council about it. She later shared screenshots of the post with officials, including Addington.
“But if you keep talking about hurting people and making terrorist threats, then it might be a problem,” Arrington said. A total of 44 officers — or about half of the department — received the racist, homophobic and sexist texts. Three of those same officers are charged in an alleged conspiracy to assault Black residents for sport, and face trial later this year.
“I’ve always said I’m not as worried about those who are loud and vocal. Their bigotry is clear. I’m more concerned about the people who aren’t saying anything but listening to all these things,” she said. “It’s a bold thing to say publicly, but I’m glad people are saying it publicly because you know who they are.”.
Raulston did not follow the woman, listening to her mother, Leslie May, who “snatched” her arm and warned her they could get arrested. May, a 72-year-old mental health therapist who sits on the city’s police oversight commission, said she, too, has been harassed, threatened and defamed by “keyboard cowards.”
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