Racist texts reveal police talked about hurting and killing Black suspects: LA Times

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- New racist texts revealed that police officers in Southern California's city of Torrance talked about hurting and killing Black suspects, said an investigative report published by the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.

The day after Torrance police shot 23-year-old Christopher DeAndre Mitchell in 2018, his mother and a dozen of his loved ones staged a protest outside the Torrance police department's headquarters. At the same time, a group of officers - including the two who had killed Mitchell - were discussing the situation via text message, reported the biggest newspaper on U.S. West Coast.