FBI Arrests 9 California Police Connected to Racist Text Scandal

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The FBI arrested nine current and former California police officers Thursday as part of a wide ranging corruption investigation. One community service officer was also charged the two year investigation was based in northern California towns and Tao and Pittsburgh. Three officers were charged for conspiring to injure a press, threaten and intimidate residents in racist text messages and for falsifying reports about encounters with suspects. Six officers were charged in a wire fraud scam. Two were charged with distributing anabolic steroids. The six officers reportedly pleaded not guilty. They were released on bond. They can face decades in prison if they're convicted.