The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has filed a motion conceding that racial bias was involved when Antioch police arrested four men in 2021 for two alleged gang-related murders.
The motion was made public at a hearing on Aug. 25 in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez on a motion by attorneys for the four men, saying the arrests violated the California Racial Justice Act, which blocks prosecutors from seeking a conviction based on race, ethnicity or national origin.
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