The fallout continues for the dozens of Antioch police officers implicated in a racist text message scandal.
“I looked at them and said sure let me go grab my mom. As soon as I closed the door, the officer grabbed me, through me into the water heater, slammed me, and then broke my arm,” Young said.
That's when her sister, and other neighbors began recording. Young said that's also when the same officer who broke her arm, spotted the sister recording video and slammed her to the ground. The officer who allegedly broke her arm is Devon Wenger, one of more than a dozen Antioch police officers implicated in the agency’s racist text messaging scandal.
The suit Young filed Wednesday claims Wenger and other officers illegally entered her garage in 2019 after reports of shoplifting in the area.“So, there were a group of African Americans who supposedly shoplifted at a costume party store. My client didn’t shoplift anything. There was no one to say they’ve seen her steal anything. Her only crime is being an African American,” said lawyer Stanley Goff.
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