Antioch Police Officers Face Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Racist Texts.

Five people have filed a federal lawsuit against six Antioch police officers in Northern California, accusing them of "malicious treatment" and violating their civil rights. The lawsuit comes after an investigative report alleged that dozens of officers sent and received racist and derogatory text messages. The plaintiffs allege that the officers identified in the report subjected them to repeated traffic stops, fabricated evidence, and used racist and homophobic slurs. The Antioch City Council has voted to audit the police department, and the state Justice Department is reviewing the fatal shooting of a man by officers after a seven-hour standoff.