‘I don’t feel protected’: Citizen group calls on Antioch to create police oversight committee

Members of an advocacy group called Reimagine Antioch appeared before the City Council recently to call for transparency and community oversight with regard to the city’s Police Department.

Many filled the chamber seats at the council’s Nov. 14 meeting to clap in support of the handful of people who spoke publicly to demand that the city make public all text messages and fire and decertify police officers connected to a corruption investigation that has led to charges against three Antioch officers for racist communications and excessive force.