Fontana PD: Hate Within the Ranks

In the nearly four years since supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol building, federal prosecutors have indicted at least 35 current or former law enforcement officers for their role in the insurrection, according to an Intercept analysis. Among their targets was the former deputy chief of the Fontana Police Department, a small agency in the mostly working-class region southeast of Los Angeles known as the Inland Empire.

The Fontana Police Department is among thousands of small-town agencies across the country that are rarely scrutinized, despite their histories of police misconduct. In this film, four veteran police officers from Fontana blow the whistle on the racism within the department’s ranks.
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