Antioch Police Officer Fired for Use of Force During 2022 Traffic Stop

The Antioch Police Department has recently fired another officer, but this is not related to the department’s text messaging scandal. It’s connected to how the officer handled a traffic stop last year. Pete Suratos reports.
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[@mainely8007]

Firing a bad cop is like taking out the garbage by throwing it in your neighbor's yard. You haven't dealt with the problem you've just passed it on to somebody else.

[@metallampman]

Youve got it !!

[@Bix06068]

Man, no one could have said it better. Thank you.

[@shanejpt]

So true

[@Baseballisbest67]

You said it. Brains n integrity are in short supply these days. Took a month for them to investigate. Haha. What losers

[@marigolddevera6932]

I know -- They dont even solve the roots of evil problems%!!!!! It just keeps onbragging to other places!!!!! Solution --- REVOKE POLICE LICENSE CERTIFICATE PLUS THEY MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO WORK IN ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY!!!!!

[@donmcc6573]

How long would it take for any one of us to be in jail after assaulting someone?

[@Ph4r4oh_444g]

It depends on who saw it and if that person wanted too press charges but fairly quickly 🤣💀

[@neckarsulme]

Police Officer...the only occupation when you break the law the worst thing to happen is getting fired

[@kennethcollier4660]

Same day

[@davidtamanui513]

1 minute😅

[@ianbattles7290]

I guarantee that if you assaulted a cop, they wouldn't spend a month investigating the incident before arresting you. Yet another example of cops being held to a lower standard than the average citizen.

[@deirdrecorey3876]

How come the PROSECUTING ATTORNEY isn't filing FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES??? Any CITIZEN would have charges stacked on top of charges...

[@ianbattles7290]

Because if the prosecutor goes after the cop, the prosecutor risks losing every conviction that cop was ever involved with. And prosecutors care more about their conviction record than the truth or integrity.

[@stephenmartinez1]

It’s because the legal system is corrupt. Prosecutors unofficially work for the police. Were they to start prosecuting them for their crimes, then the police would stop falsely arresting people to boost their conviction rates.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

To all cops: As long as you fear integrity and accountability, you are NOT the good guys! End qualified immunity! Make each officer personally liable! It's POS tyrants like this that prove why you don't deserve it. To be clear, this is not an insult. This is a challenge to any IF all good cops to help change the whole corrupt system.

[@skillethead15]

I know people love to say this but this is a bigger problem than just street level cops. The people hiring and refusing to hold officers accountable for their actions are the biggest problem. It’s ingrained into police culture and our judicial system for cops to treat people like this. And until the leadership makes changes to the way policing works, this type of stuff is going to continue to happen.

[@paulchandler9060]

I had a accident and called them they never showed up then they called me back almost 6 hours later asking me do I still need them what a joke on me

[@daverobson3084]

@@paulchandler9060 Yeah. You see so many auditing videos where 2-3-4-5-6-8 cops show up for " person with camera" and the cops say " We got a call so we had to respond" , but other times no officers show up for a genuine emergency. At least, not promptly. I work as a paramedic and, despite mostly good interactions with the various law enforcement departments that I interact with, I don't think that I have ever gotten 3-4-5-6-8 cops for EMS calling for help from police. Sometimes no one shows after 15-20 minutes and we have to just deal with it. But , take a camera to many police departments or city halls and they are there in 5 minutes, 3-6 deep, because " We got a call".

[@Jblaze024]

​​@@skillethead15o until good men have had enough of this crap and are ready to get out of their comfort zone to do what needs to be done then there will be change.

[@turtletruth]

Road pirates are like dead flesh rotting society for profit! QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: "Must be ABOLISHED" ...

[@ianbattles7290]

For anyone WITHOUT a badge, this is known as assault/battery.

[@steelcastle5616]

And when you have a badge, it's known as taking a vacation before finding another job in the next town.

[@charlesmisiak4926]

Sorry to say, Mayor, law enforcement in our country has been in crisis for quite a while.

[@rudylindsey5062]

The people they have deal with are animals on cops have to follow the rules.

[@DedmanReactin]

​@@rudylindsey5062 getting beat up over a seatbelt ticket is NOT following the rules, and they weren't animal's they were just like you and I.. regular citizens that were abused by a tyrant cop.. read the reports before you lie about decent hard working citizens.. arse

[@WitnessingTyranny]

​@@rudylindsey5062 th l They're supposed to follow the law and honor their oath. Watch some 1A auditing, civil rights investigations and free press and you'll see for yourself. Oathbreakers.

[@godbeIess]

@@rudylindsey5062 we expect cops to follow the rules. Canada has issues with cops but not to the extent aas in America. WHat is Canada doing the the US is not?

[@mikethatisdefnotmyname3731]

They actually should be ok. They crippled the most dangerous gang in the city..the blue line 🤡

[@richwightman3044]

Why are those local “men” worried about the number of police in the department? Aren’t they men? Can’t they handle themselves, or do they need to call other men to protect them? This country is in decline.

[@Mike_Jones281]

Did you see the dog Juan had at the park? Poor guy can't even handle Raspberry Schnapps. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@USCavalry1]

Huh?

[@threatassessment606]

They were about to go in to Uvalde but they decided not to for officer safety

[@jameswest9261]

Officer went down the street and the next day was working for another department.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

So the Police State is telling an ELECTED official that he's not privy to the goings on in the cop shop? Did I hear that right?

[@mainely8007]

Yes apparently the mayor isn't allowed to have details of the police department which is yet another indicator of why this police department and many others are out of control. Little to no oversight, they investigate themselves and give slaps on the wrist. This cop was fired and I guarantee he's already working at another Police Department just down the road

[@turtletruth]

@@mainely8007 POLICE, are independently operated and controlled by whims and opinions of themselves, supervisors, judges, townships, cities, counties, and states! (Police are not educated lawyers and many of them are without high school diplomas!) The job of a policeman attracts abusive sociopaths, psychopaths, perverts, and narcissists like drugs are to an addict more than any legal profession! Police must pay financial damage from their own pockets for unlawful acts against taxpayers, or the policing problem will only exacerbate! QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: "Must be ABOLISHED" ...

[@WitnessingTyranny]

Cops don't even think neighborhoods should have a say so in how their own neighborhoods are policed.

[@ianbattles7290]

​@Brian K Yes we do, if it takes a month just to decide if a cop should be held accountable for assaulting you or not.

[@turtletruth]

@@ianbattles7290 Elderly "Taxpayers" No longer trust the police or feel safe when leaving the safety of their homes for groceries or doctor appointments. Police are dangerously void of checks and balances while the good taxpayers fear the police as the #1 destructive enemy for profit! Police Destroy Families and Freedom! ... (Thank God for online shopping!) QUALIFIED IMMUNITY: "MUST be ABOLISHED"!

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

Don't just fire him. Pull his certification IMMEDIATELY and ban him from ever getting certified again. Don't let him get hired at another precinct so he can do it all over again. STOP THE INSANITY!!!

[@WitnessingTyranny]

Firing him should trigger a post certification hearing. They're open to the public but it's not something they advertise.

[@Jo_Kuiper]

@@WitnessingTyranny Firing should mean that you lose automatically your certification nationwide for life. Same goes for cops that resign while under investigation. No hearings needed.

[@shakey2634]

Mayor NOT privy to personnel issues? Really? Just who do these cops think they work for? This is a problem not just in Antioch, but widely across our nation. We, the people, need to take back out police departments from the cops and their union.

[@rm25088]

What is the four food groups of police officers? Jelly, powdered, glazed and chocolate frosted.

[@fixedit8689]

Actually it’s coffee, steroids and testosterone

[@truthillinois6397]

You forgot cream filled.

[@crinklecut3790]

Just dissolve this department and start over from scratch. It’s not just a few bad apples. And you know the arbitrator will give the cop his job back in a year or so.

[@timtubemusic]

Start firing these bad cops and charging them when the assaults occur. Thn find better cops.

[@Th3Gam3925]

Dissolve the city and start over. Antioch is a shit hole. And guess why? LOLOL!!

[@thiawroane]

When seconds count, police are minutes away. They are useless. Fire the police!

[@ianbattles7290]

Or in the case of Uvalde, Texas, the cops will stand around for 90 minutes while children get murdered.

[@truthillinois6397]

Former Officer Nutt was terminated because body worn camera video showed he struck a man several times after he arrested him. The Prosecutor’s office is in possession of all reports and videos and will determine soon if Nutt should face criminal charges.

[@WitnessingTyranny]

This is where we find out if the prosecutor is dirty too.

[@stripedassape8148]

Or dirty enough to rig a high profile case😅 I can almost guarantee if this wasnt in the press what would happen.✌

[@prepstersurvive8240]

A mayor not privy to his police department is another way of saying don’t blame me. I never heard of that.

[@hateca1]

Check back in a year I’m willing to bet he will sue and get his job back.

[@jmfia2391]

He already has a job in another police department.

[@tonyfontana8222]

Antioch PD taking some heat off OPD.

[@runedarkwarrior]

WHOS OPD?

[@tonyfontana8222]

@@runedarkwarrior Oakland police

[@charlesyates6687]

You know how to tell a cop is lieing? His mouth is moving .

[@DougHackedByTheRoad]

Thats the same scumbag who tried to arrest me for recording

[@saynotodrugs5765]

Got video?

[@al1383]

Nice to give him a month paid vacation before firing him

[@nonenone-ll7ln]

for some strange reason unknown to those trained in observation and detection, nobody wants to be a cop today. that ultimately means that the cops who are now being hired would have been rejected in the past. think things will improve that way? going to get a lot worse in the next few years.

[@truthillinois6397]

What? Many cops being fired have been on their departments for 10-15 years or more.

[@christiane5984]

That's absolutely not true. Police departments have ALWAYS hired thugs. Only weak bullies tend to become police officers. This job attracts them.

[@nonenone-ll7ln]

@@christiane5984 so, the shortages every local news channel talks about, none of those exist?

[@WitnessingTyranny]

None of them know what the constitution is. Even though they swear to uphold it. They're lawless oathbreakers. Order following policy enforcers of the corrupt.

[@mjcm6453]

And the video of the traffic stop?????

[@mrgregc14]

He already has offers from other departments.

[@joannalamb4542]

I would be more worried about bad cops on the job

[@Snorlax8801]

No point firing a bad cop if you don't charge them with the crime they committed

[@karinaz8756]

And if you don’t revoke their certifications. They just get rehired in a different department.

[@C3Rl3]

where is the bodycam

[@tonyak8354]

His address should be known

[@nonenone-ll7ln]

where are the criminal charges? which completely end his career? no such thing as a good cop. time for we the people to exercise our 2A right to stop tyranny and protect freedom.

[@monikaramirez8067]

You could start by not letting your cops investigate themselves. Every time I investigate MYself I find no wrongdoing too. Get a citizens review board where the citizens actually know and understand the law and our rights and are not involved or related to the police department at all. That way the cops can't stack it with their cronies and boot licker police supporters.

[@stripedassape8148]

They fill the oversight committees with bootlickers

[@zlonewolf]

Every police review need to be judged by jury of peer and court outcome need to be transparent. Not just, he is one of our guys so we protected him under qualified immunity and he will be hired at another police station 5 miles away under another county police department and that the cases are buried due to "on going investigation" and then later "forgotten" in the city.

[@mushroom13cfh]

Your an obvious Chinese bot 😂

[@JimboUSofA]

​@@mushroom13cfhBull.

[@stupidplumbing2343]

Cops would be well advised to start paying attention, because the public is. The free ride is over. You're not allowed to do whatever you want anymore. Less and less people worship the badge and anyone wearing it.

[@Mike_Jones281]

Poor Rick and Juan. They are probably in constant fear for their lives, even when they are out in broad daylight. How pathetic.

[@el_fantasma3]

😅😅😅

[@PS-Straya_M8]

No such thing as an honest cop ALL are rotten to the core!

[@melfisher1683]

Only one way to deal with cops like this.

[@charlesparks731]

This is why i say the captain should be held accountable for the officers under them

[@Mikevdog]

So many thugs, so little time. Never help a cop. Too many cops now. 34 cops is too many.

[@6StimuL84]

Should be imprisoned for all the felonies and capital felonies he committed......

[@karinaz8756]

Who the hell does this police chief think he is? The mayor of the city ABSOLUTELY has the right to have access to the actions of the police department. Police department is not its own private entity.

[@The-KP]

"Officer Nutts"? You kidding me?!!!

[@charlespittsjr604]

More body camera and public recording them while performing their duties is gonna get reform the best i think .

[@WitnessingTyranny]

It's up to the people to document and disseminate the evidence because they tamper with theirs.

[@ElmwoodPkILBuschFraudulentexCo]

Good he deserves worse and never be able to be a cop anywhere… So sick of these scumbag cops like this.

[@kimberlyanne434]

Officer Nut didn’t think the law applied to him. 🙌🏻 thank you to the officer who pulled him over. Officer Nut would have never been able to stop for a child or another driver on that very dangerous road.

[@ubermenschen3636]

The police labor union and the criminal justice industry have been telling the public “crime is up” as far back as 1970. After over a trillion dollar poured into increasing law enforcement personnel, equipment, and salary these special interest groups are still crying out the same message. The gig is up. Law enforcement industry should not be made to be the new cottage growth industry.

[@stripedassape8148]

Only in government are you rewarded more money for failure.

[@charlespittsjr604]

Not just bad apples its the bottom of the basket and every apple in it .

[@cdd33ar]

What are the odds the victim was black, I say 2 to 1.

[@truthillinois6397]

I commend the Chief for firing that officer. In previous news reports, even that mayor has said they have help from the County and CHP in patrolling until they get their numbers back up. So really the main threat to citizens there is any bad officers left on that department.

[@jackcarden6962]

Only through DEATH will make change.

[@mcahill135]

Sue the fired officer. No qualified immunity now.

[@susanhoh1414]

Paleese, he will just go to another station... if there is such a shortage why then 4 to 6 cars show up on traffic stop?

[@dizzydinonysius]

Nothing like 'passing the buck' to not fix the problem.

[@JC-wn1sp]

Defund the Mayor!

[@artimusberry4315]

When found guilty of a crime they should have their qualifications of becoming a law enforcement officer in all 50 states for the rest of their lives

[@jimsavsav9132]

The whole corrupt department needs to be investigated by the Department of Justice

[@jodyhoo]

Another one bites the dust!

[@mainely8007]

Not really because he will go to work at another Police Department just down the street.

[@sharoneastwood.1025]

DOZENS THEY MEAN HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF THEM.

[@123lodge8]

It took them a year to “investigate “ a bad cop? He was on the streets for a year, hurting god knows how many people

[@stripedassape8148]

And how many before this incident? Almost every lawsuit on police is on repeat offenders that wernt stopped.

[@CommanderStarblaster]

'The city is now staffed by only 34 officers, which is a concern to residents'. Why would you be concerned that the other corrupt, dangerous psychopaths are not patrolling the streets?

[@rudedogal1420]

These cops just can’t do their jobs right. They should have fired him and then prosecuted him

[@goblinzl1]

id rather have no cop come if i called instead of a bad one. minor traffic enforcement needs to be cut back drastically if not eliminated altogether. too many of these stops are escalated over nothing and a person is needlessly injured or worse.

[@StephenLPhotos]

I wonder which police department somewhere else will just hire him without caring what he's done.

[@JoseRamos-gv2om]

Not enough cops patrolling= less criminals on the street. Not going to be missed.

[@johnbeltron8787]

Hopefully an honest department will grab this officer.

[@Blue_ocean66]

I was illegally terminated from my police career without even being given a reason why. The internal affairs department decline my request for a proper investigation. The Baltimore police human resources department sent me an email saying commissioner Michael Harrison sign paper work to have me terminated with no legal reason why. Two of the people involved in my illegal termination are now Baltimore city deputy police commissioners.

[@WhereMyChicken]

The Mayor and all elected people of that city are FOR SURE entitled to PD discipline details and files. Contact the attorney general's office AFTER the chief is fired.

[@tccurtis2932]

Well with one of the CRIMINALS being fired , the crimes should start dropping. That is until the unions get him his job back....

[@Advent154]

Any cop that is fired should have there law enforcement credentials revoked and banned from being a cop anywhere else

[@rudylindsey5062]

Fire all police officer in that city let people fen for themselves They do need a police departments they need s bigger morgue.

[@_ArsNova]

"Crisis response team" Oh boy, they're actually going to send "social workers" to fight crime. This oughta be good.

[@dishonoredundead]

"durr, so they R acshually gonna have k9 officers now. huh? Way to go libs, lets see how a dog can open doors without arms!!". That's what you sound like. It's 2023, the idea of having trained professionals follow behind on some calls is like 40 years old. How daft do you have to be to still not grasp the concept? "A durr, but how the dogs gonna keep us safe when theyz can't even use guns?!". Genius, you ever see how crisis negotiations used to work? How they try communicating from a safe distance? How they've been trained to do for 100 years? Super complex concept, hard to wrap your mind around, I know. But some people want to do that again. Only instead of using megaphones, maybe the will just use a cell phone. And instead of using dogs to bite the people threatening self harm, they use specialists. Like, I'm sorry if this is demeaning to be spoken to like this, I don't like talking to people like this, but you're children. I should not have to explain this concept over and over. Whoever is rotting your mind to where you think you're making some kind of logical argument is doing you a serious disservice. Disagree, insist no words can ever help a situation and only brute force in all situations is needed. You'd be wrong, it would be ignorant at best, but oh my god at least get the concept through the smooth out coating of your brain so we can move past the PREMISE!!!!

[@E.A.-17]

Maybe that will work better than these EGO driven TYRANTS, showing up to Every call in Tactical Gear, and an itchy trigger finger, and a couple of seconds of patience.

[@_ArsNova]

@@E.A.-17 I don't know what planet you live on, because that doesn't happen in the US. Literally a meaningless string of words totally divorced from reality.

[@georgejackson7798]

For the amount of officers on the scene giggling, it doesn't look like they are short staffed

[@scottinohio701]

He is probably already working at another dept!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JackDarcy1]

Prosecute and prison.

[@markw3370]

The violent crime is usually commited by the police not the citizens.

[@philorlowski2681]

Gladiators belong in a coliseum not on the streets with average folks living their lives.

[@crispyblack8779]

Unless they decertified the cop, firing him is pointless, since he’ll just go to another city or county and get another job and continue his abuse of citizens.

[@myreobroker]

The Mayor didn't know about the firing. Who really runs that city then?

[@dirk7816]

Firing a cop is akin to picking up your dogs poop and throwing it in your neighbors front yard. You didn't solve the problem you just dumped it onto someone else.

[@jerrybrickley2115]

Why the big secret about firing a cop for violence? Why are there no criminal charges? Firing police for racist tweets? Is there no first amendment for police? Fired for mean tweets? Police should get a job elsewhere, I wouldn't work for a chief or mayor who is this screwed up.

[@michaelperussina2835]

He didn’t keep any information from the mayor. The mayor is trying to exert more control over the police so they’re picking this one moment in Time to say you didn’t tell us about this. Why would they the police chief is in charge of firing and hiring

[@mauriceclemens3286]

He should have his peace officer certification revoked!

[@candlstudios]

How does the Police Department keep anything from the Mayor? Who do they work for? The Mayor and the City council need to fix that problem. Kills me when police departments act like they're independent agencies from the rest of the city they work for.

[@crazy916]

Why do they always try to call it a use of force violation. Let's call it what it is an assualt and charge them like every other citizen.

[@ianking8315]

he will just go somewhere else no punishment whatsoever.

[@stoplightloveoriginalstoplight]

FIRE THE CHIEF IT DID NOT TAKE A YEAR TO INVESTIGATE PLUS DRUG TEST THE OFFICERS EVER 30 DAYS REVOKE HIS LICENSE CAUSE YOU DIDN’T DO SHIT THE PUBLIC IS STILL IN DANGER

[@badge764]

Now they should go afyer his certification. End the his terror. Those that eere texting should also have complaints filed against thier certification and clean the streets of thugs. Misconduct, hate crimes, all grounds for desertification. Turn them in to California POST for revoking their certification. Dont need to be cops. Mayor can request investigation by POST and get them decertified using the evidence they have.

[@constantinvaldor3742]

Wow you see what that cop did 😮 crazy

[@solomoon3083]

Policing can’t be fixed until the origin of the faction is “fixed.” From wrangling up slaves to wrangling up slaves with extortion attached to it. The idea of it is rotten to the core. Makes sense that rotten people thrive there.

[@cstar1931]

Justice when their fired but if released means nothing then no accountability

[@darknagaadventures7884]

Every use of force must be examined by a neutral 3rd party with the power to fine, terminate, and charge criminally. Police must be held accountable for every time they draw a weapon or more intense uses of force.

[@3PercentNeanderhal]

If it's certifications are intact it will migrate and continue business as usual abusing citizens in some other zip code.

[@user-se7vt5ow4e]

Floriduh will hire this guy and pay him a bonus.

[@My2CentsYall]

They saw the officer beat the suspect so they fired him.

[@isiahbethel5956]

They always get a slap on the wrist.Nothing else.

[@Sarge395]

Fired means he will be working for another department and doing the same things.

[@dollarbill-1]

Fired but not charged.

[@viking956]

So let me get this straight. This cop supposedly attacked a motorist in Jul of 2022. They are just now getting around to firing him. Hhmm. Just out of curiosity, if the shoe was on the other foot and some citizen attacked and killed or seriously injured an Antioch cop, does anyone honestly think it would take all of 10 months to bring charges against that citizen? Anybody can answer.

[@edwardhickey5185]

And they pay for law suits.

[@alexioprince]

Noticed they only asked white Antioch residents

[@pasta9368]

I’d like to see the body cam.

[@zombieenforcementbureau4512]

That Police Chief Is Wrong AF They Work For The City Which Means They Work For The Mayor And Thus Needs To Include The Mayor About Actions The Chief Has Done Or Is About To Do And Alow The Mayor To Include Thier Thoughts Too.