'Sadistic behavior': Federal indictment alleges 3 California cops boasted about 'violating civil rights'

28 August 2023

Police misconduct has a long history in California, from events that preceded the Watts Riots of 1965 to the Rodney King beating in 1991. Now, a federal indictment, according to Rolling Stone, alleges that three police officers in Antioch, California bragged about "violating civil rights."

Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson reports, "A new federal indictment pulls back the curtain on sadistic behavior by cops in Northern California, who allegedly brutalized residents — with K-9 dog bites or by shooting them with 'less lethal' projectiles — and even bragged of breaching their civil rights. The charging document, filed August 16, accuses a trio of Antioch Police Department officers with conspiracy 'to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate' city residents and to deprive them of the constitutional right to be free of 'unreasonable force by a law enforcement officer.'"

According to Dickinson, the officers who were arrested include Morteza Amiri, Eric Rombough and Devon Wenger. Amiri, Dickson reports, is accused of encouraging a police dog to bite 28 people over a three-year period.

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Meanwhile, in a separate matter in California, State Attorney General Rob Bonta has, according to Politico, filed a lawsuit to prevent schools from outing transgender students to their parents.

Politico's Lana Korte reports, "Bonta's suit against the Chino Valley Unified School District is the latest attempt by Democratic state officials to combat the recent adoption of such policies by conservative school boards. The outcome of the case could have bearing on other districts that have enacted similar rules in the last two months, including Murrieta Valley, Temecula and Anderson Union High School."

Find Rolling Stone's full report at this link (subscription required) and Politico's article here.

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