Black tenants accuse Antioch police of trying to drive them out

By The Admin on July 16, 2008

Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle

- A group of African American, low-income tenants accused the city of Antioch in a lawsuit Wednesday of trying to drive them out of federally subsidized housing by creating a police squad to target blacks for arrests, harassment and pressure on their landlords to evict them.

As more black families have been drawn to affordable housing in the Contra Costa County community, “the city has reacted with alarm and hostility to the newcomers, choosing to scapegoat them as the cause of economic downturn,” lawyers for five renters declared in papers filed in federal court in San Francisco.

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Kris

As a property owner and previous resident of Antioch, I 100% believe and agree with the Antioch Police! The neighborhood has gone down hill with the increase of Black Section 8 tenants. I would constantly have black people who lived in the Section 8 homes knocking on my door for money. Most times I felt they were basically checking to see if someone was home. This made me feel unsafe. The old Antioch is gone. This change helped me to make my decision to MOVE OUT OF ANTIOCH!!! I feel the accusers are not being 100% truthful with there statements. Antioch police officers are only trying to do their job! So to all the accusers, change your behavior, respect the laws and stop wasting our tax money!!!!