Marching and chanting, more than 100 demonstrators took to the steps of the Contra Costa County courthouse in Martinez on Friday, demanding officers involved in a racist texting scandal be fired.
Thorpe wrote a letter to the chief this week, calling for the quote "immediate termination" of the officers who wrote the racist texts. He also said he will be asking the department to decommission its armored vehicle.m the war in Iraq have no business being here," Thorpe said.
The mayor said he will take up the issue of decommissioning the police department’s armored vehicle at next Tuesday’s city council meeting. and follow him on Twitter @EvanSernoffsky
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