SAN FRANCISCO—Low-income
renters suing the city of Antioch for alleged racial discrimination are
accusing city officials of censoring critical evidence.
Attorneys
for the plaintiffs say Antioch cut disparaging remarks made by two
police officers about a low-income tenant from a taped conversation
submitted to the court.
In papers filed in U.S. District Court
in San Francisco earlier this month, the lawyers say Antioch has turned
over less than half of the nearly 40-minute conversation.
The
city denies the allegations and said it submitted the partial
transcripts because of the crush of evidence it has been required to
turn over.
The suit filed last year accuses Antioch of orchestrating a harassment campaign to stem the flow of federally subsidized tenants.
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