2 Former Torrance cops Charged After Allegedly Painting Swastika On Back Of Impounded Vehicle

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2 Former Torrance Police Officers Charged After Allegedly Painting Swastika On Back Of Impounded Vehicle

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2-former-torrance-police-officers-charged-after-allegedly-painting-swastika-on-back-of-impounded-vehicle/ar-AANvSna?ocid=msedgntp

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Two former Torrance police officers have been charged with vandalism after allegedly painting a swastika on the back of a vehicle they impounded, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced Thursday.


In a news conference, Gascon said the officers have been charged with felony vandalism and conspiracy to commit felony vandalism. More than a dozen other officers have also been relieved of duty as part of the investigation.

“This type of conduct cannot be tolerated anywhere in our society,” Gascon said.

29-year-old Christopher Tomsic and 28-year-old Cody Weldin pleaded not guilty to charges of felony vandalism and conspiracy to commit vandalism. The city says they both left the department in 2020.

The District Attorney’s Office said the investigation into Tomsic and Weldin revealed at least 13 other officers allegedly exchanging racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic messages. Those officers were each placed on administrative leave.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/torrance-california-hundreds-of-cases-are-being-reviewed-after-police-officers-involved-were-relieved-of-duty-over-racist-and-anti-semitic-messages/ar-AANwIBy

Torrance California: Hundreds of cases are being reviewed after police officers involved were relieved of duty over racist and anti-Semitic messages

On January 27, 2020, Tomsic and Weldin were allegedly among a group of officers responding to a police call regarding stolen mail, the DA's office said. The former officers were led to a vehicle and allegedly ordered for it to be impounded to a tow yard, according to the D.A.'s office. When the owner of the vehicle arrived to pick up the car, he found a happy face spray-painted on the front passenger seat, a swastika symbol spray-painted on the rear seat, and other items strewn throughout the vehicle, the statement said.

The two men were terminated in March 2020, the police chief said.

[uponit7771]

1. Way to many white supremacists terrorist as cops

[2naSalit]

2. A better slogan than "Defund the police" might be...

Clean up the police. Too many nazi types in uniform, needs to change.

[Chainfire]

3. Fascist types tend to migrate towards police jobs

Where else can you openly carry a gun, demand respect, and lord over others, surrounded by others, just like you, that have your back. Police jobs are a bully's paradise.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Yeah we definitely need better psych screening and more intensive training...nt

[2naSalit]

5. That's how I see it...

I know a lot of cops but I would never want to socialize with them. I'm just glad that many changed how they interacted with me once I started wearing a federal badge, not LEO, but uniform and badge. Suddenly I was one of them in a sense and they were nicer to me after that. Maybe it's because I had to pass a federal background check to get that job that made them think of me as a non-problem in the community.



Outside that district, I would still feel ill at ease if I had to interact with LEOs.