On Monday, Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe took to Facebook Live to provide a quick update on Antioch issues while he also addressed comments made by Councilwoman Tamisha Torres-Walker which occurred while he was out of the country.
Last week, Councilwoman Tamisha Torres-Walker posted a Facebook Live video highlighting from her perspective an incident between Antioch Police Department officers and her children after police observed them reportedly driving dirt bikes and quads on city roadways. In the video, she dropped many “f-bombs” and called the police “assholes” while calling for an investigation claiming her children followed all the rules. She also said she didn’t give a “shit” about being a city councilwoman.
“I am so pissed off right now, you just don’t know,” stated Torres-Walker. “These mother fuckers think I give a shit about being a city councilmember when it comes to my kids. I absolutely do not. So when I roll up and say who do you think I am, I am not talking about being a fucking city councilmember, I am talking about being an angry as fuck mama because you almost killed my kids and you don’t want to see me organizing these mother fucking streets.”
Full recap of her commentary here.
Thorpe, who on Monday admitted he was on a “bike trip” out of the country as California and Contra Costa County are on a Stay-At-Home Order issued by Governor Gavin Newsom. Thorpe says he had limited email and phone access, but says he spoke to the chief of police regarding an incident with the children of Torres-Walker.
“I have been briefs by our chief of police, I did reach out to Councilwoman Torres-Walker and expressed my concern and I told her that in my role as the mayor I would ensure that in this investigation that is going to take place that it is fair and of course impartial and ensures we get to the truth as to what has taken place and that was my commitment to Torres-Walker,” stated Thorpe.
Thorpe added he was also unaware of the video posted by Torres-Walker or the protest that took place at the police department regarding the incident.
“I did finally watch the videos. All I can say as a parent, I only live for my daughter and I only live for my son and I am going to do everything I can to protect them,” stated Thorpe. “I can only say that everyone has their own style and we are going to have people who approach things differently. There are going to be councilmembers who go to protests and there is going to be councilmmebers who don’t go to protest or people who are going to be more vocal than others and that’s the reality we live in. The voters vote for councilmembers so it will be the voters who should represent them or not and they made their decision this last November so we will continue to operate from that perspective.”
Thorpe did say he was headed into a meeting where they were going to discuss this issue while hoping they could bring the matter to a close while stating people are entitled to their opinions on both sides of the issue.
“As the mayor and as a parent my one job in life is to protect my children and I am going to protect my children and so I understand where the frustration and the emotion that councilmember Walker expressed came from and I am going to respect everybody’s approach to this,” stated Thorpe. “What I don’t want it to do is spill into our work as a city council and there is a lot of work we need to do and we cannot get distracted with those who continue to seek to divide those of us on the council and those who seek to divide our community with nonsense. At the end of the day, this is about whether or not our city acted, and responded in this particular incident in a way that was proportional to what happened”
Thorpe closed saying they would have to wait and see what the investigation to take place before he added more commentary
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Mr. Thorpe please resign. Antioch needs
a person who can direct the City in a positive way. A person that is out bike riding when your Governor order a “stay at home ” mandate is not a good example!
Of course Lamar “downplays” this. Does anyone expect anything else? ROFLMAO! He’s from the same barrel of rotten apples!
Mr. Thorpe very conveniently manages to be “unaware” of things when it suits him. Good luck, Antioch.
Maybe Thorpe needs to be recalled too, pos!!! I think we need to form a recall effort for them both!! How dare he downplay this!! It’s not about protecting your kids, it’s about doing what is right. This behavior isn’t right, especially for a council member. They BOTH need to go 🙂 I think I will contact fellow District 1 residents, and start a recall on them both.
So? Thorpe was out of the country on a bike trip? The annual Ensenada Ride, I presume. I hope he stays quarantined for 14 days!
Of course he should be recalled and the Walker woman should not see the inside of the City Council chambers again.
Mr. Thorpe please resign. Antioch needs
a person who can direct the City in a positive way. A person that is out bike riding when your Governor order a “stay at home ” mandate is not a good example!
Shameful..a Mayor to condone a city council persons behavior such as hers. She should be excused from her council duties.
Only a juvenile would take this to social media. You want to take this up with the mayor or chief of police because you feel the police officer was acting like a punk so be it. Instead you take to YOUtube?. She has no business representing this city. We have faced a mass exodus of business’
who left Antioch. What happened to the tagline Lamar embrade just two years ago?Opportunity lives here.” “Opportunity grows here.” “Opportunity builds here.” Do you really believe we can lure any business here when she is our representation? We lost so many reputable chain stores at Slatten Ranch, AMC theatre and small business owners are pulling out downtown. Dont play the parent card. PLEASE.You have a job to do and disgracing our city is not on the table
If you want to protect you children educate them on being good citizens and respecting the community. Obey traffic laws. Educate them; let them know if they actually co operate with authorities; be it their teacher, crossing guard, or the police life is much easier. If you want to protect your children; don’t enable them when they exhibit bad behavior in public. However in this case it looks like the parenting style of an elected Official is the real problem.
You are the Mayor of Antioch; she is and City Council Member representing our City of Antioch, Don’t make excuses for bad behavior with in our City Government.
“What I don’t want it to do is spill into our work as a city council and there is a lot of work we need to do and we cannot get distracted with those who continue to seek to divide those of us on the council and those who seek to divide our community with nonsense. At the end of the day, this is about whether or not our city acted, and responded in this particular incident in a way that was proportional to what happened”
Well Mr. Mayor you better check your foul mouthed City Council woman because that is your distraction and she will be the reason with that attitude for the division.
“I can only say that everyone has their own style and we are going to have people who approach things differently”.
Mr. Mayor with that kinda of reasoning; it appears that you accept the foul mouthed behavior by the City Council member Torres-Walker. I suggested as a voter you denounce that foul mouth behavior. Other wise the next City Council meeting we all can express our First Amendment Rights with profanities; we can all just keep it hood; but we will can keep it REAL.
Not once did Thorpe address that Tamisha Walkers kids just might be the problem here and were doing something illegal. The issue is the behavior of Tamisha Walker as a representative of the city of Antioch, that is what he should be addressing, not the police department or anything else. Thorpe is so out of touch, he is ignoring that one of Walkers kids is on instagram admitting he ran from police and was not caught. Yet, Thorpe seems to think they will find something wrong with Antioch Police? This guy is a political hack.
Thorpe, like Walker has no class and should resign.
If the kids act like the parent well!!!! I was not there!!! To know what happen!!! but if you don’t care if you don’t care and don’t give a fuck and that’s what you show your kids…. well its not ok to represent the city!!! With that type of attitude….when your family is involve did you want special treatment, your kids and yourselves is not above anything if you don’t care why did you run for office!!!
If the kids act like the parent well!!!! I was not there!!! To know what happen!!! but if you don’t care if you don’t care and don’t give a fuck and that’s what you show your kids…. well its not ok to represent the city!!! With that type of attitude….when your family is involve did you want special treatment, your kids and yourselves is not above anything if you don’t care why did you run for office!!!
How do we start proceedings to have these two recalled?
These 2 idiots need to be RECALLED. Antioch is going to turn into Seattle or Minnesota. Next Antifa will be taking over city blocks. SMFH
I was wondering how long it would take for Lamar to chime in on this! He, along with Tamisha, are the problem with this city. I didn’t vote for him for city council nor for mayor. Something just didn’t seem right with him from the start.
This is shameful conduct of a council member. How can we expect this council member to vote respectfully regarding government matters dealing with the police department when she has no respect for them as a citizen & resident. The Council members, Mayor & their family are not above the law.
The Mayor should expect a public apology from her to the Police Chief.
The Mayor is also not setting an example to his citizens by traveling when the Governor has a State lockdown. They both are shameful leaders their theory is ” Public do as we tell you we will do as we please!
So? Lamar Thorpe was “out of the country?” I wonder what he brought into this area with him? We now have to worry about the variant mutated virus which is worse than the one found in March. I hope no one here gets near him. Not surprised he sides with the Walker foul-mouth.
I can not believe in this day and time, an elected official would make such inappropriate comments. She should do the entire Antioch community a favor and resign. Council members should carry themselves with much more poise than this loser.
Besides all this, per Government Code, members of a City Council are to direct their queries to one of their two employees (either the City Manager or the City Attorney). They are not allowed to go directly to a Department Head !!
This is what is representing the city of Antioch now, what disgrace!! No business in their right mind is going to want to come to Antioch with this ghetto behavior on the city council and the Mayor downplaying and condoning it. They both need to be removed immediately and replaced. She is btw a convicted arsonist and has been busted for dui with her kids in the car!! Antioch sure knows how to pick some winners to represent us!!
Lamar Thorpe; ‘The voters vote for councilmembers so it will be the voters who should represent them or not and they made their decision this last November so we will continue to operate from that perspective”
I’ve alway thought myself a person of some intelligence, this quote however has me baffled and scratching my head. Is Mr. Thorpe saying that the voters are beholding to the will, actions and desires of elected officials? That once elected they are no longer bound by the promises they made or the expectations they implied. I always thought and was taught in high school civics that is was actually the other way around. Elected officials must mirror the thoughts and attitudes of their constituents. If I have misunderstood please explain to me, in little words, what the heck he is saying.
I assumed the response from Thorpe would go just as it did. It actually makes me tear up at the dismal future of this city, of which I have been a resident for 26 years. We need help out here, folks.
Of course he downplays it because he doesn’t care, hates the police, and he is black like she is and they have there own libtard agenda and are corrupt black panthers!!!! Recall all of the city council because they are all corrupt and only care about themselves NOT THE CITY OF ANTIOCH !!!!! It’s all for personal gain.
JOE SAL — She only represents District 1, not the entire City of Antioch and she’s a piss-poor “representative” and should step down!. The woman is a total disgrace and I don’t think much of this “mayor” either!
What happened to the post from TEEF? Please don’t tell me this was removed! That was a good one and I sent it to my father who is an orthodontist. Dad made some suggestions after watching Ms. Walker’s YouTube “lament.” She is most definitely NOT city council material
She does represent the entire city of Antioch. She was elected by the people in district #1 but all decisions and votes made by a council member affect the entire city. The way she acted brings shame to the entire city that we are represented by a person who would use such crass language. Certainly we deserve better as a city. I for one, given the chance, would vote for recall.
If someone who lives in District 1 were to begin a recall campaign I, while unable to vote in the district, will make a contribution to the recall effort. This is what happens when a relatively small city does district elections. You end up with wards, and people who make themselves ward bosses ( akin to crime lords). Civil recourse and civil debate fall by the wayside
“I can only say that everyone has their own style and we are going to have people who approach things differently.”
Sure! However, is it appropriate for city council members to approach things like they are in the set of the movie “Friday’s”?
I’ve always wondered where those type of people come from and get the mindset that they have that puts them in viral videos and prison… Now I know.
This would just have been another of “those“ videos of an entitled mom sounding disgusting and uneducated, complaining about her entitled, bratty kid that will someday end up in jail. That’s UNTIL you find out that a city voted for her to represent them on the City Council.
Then we move on to the mayor who practically condones it AFTER he comes back from a vacation out of the country during a national pandemic.
It’s like a practical joke or a D rated movie.
Long long ago Antioch was a great place to live and raise a family. Now it’s like a puppy mill that pumps out sick, inferior dogs that the world then has to deal with.
I feel very sorry for the residence who live there who are decent, good and positive people that have to contend with crap like this.
Antioch is now just another gross little town. It’s really sad.
Clearly Thorpe and Walker are bad for Antioch. This is the results of not doing your research before voting. Antioch will continue to degrade until proven and effective leadership is voted in. Residents of Antioch should remember this failure during the next election cycle.
When you move ideology too far ‘Right’, you get a corrupt and incompetent President. When you move too far ‘Left’, you get these immoral and unprofessional derelicts. We need to do better!!!! Start doing your homework Antioch, and stop voting in these amateur’s
Mr. Thorpe
You made a statement that your citizens expect you to honor. That is that you will investigate and take appropriate action. When I was that age I too was pulled over on a city street riding a motorcycle and unlicensed. The police impounded the motorcycle, wrote a citation, I had to go to court
( with my Mom) was fined, and did community service. I would expect you to honor your statement and if they were on a city street, do the same punishment I received. It’s the law. I respect and back law enforcement. They taught me a lesson my mom didn’t. Before these kids are totally out of control, they need to know there are penalties for breaking the law. They may appreciate it like I did later in life.
They’re both more critical of law enforcement culture than the jackassery of street culture. Yet they want to act like they’re civilized people in positions of power? They’re a disgrace to our beautiful town. This is what happens when your mayor has 2 college degrees in women’s studies, pathetic.
And this is why there should be a father figure in the household for these young men. Her attitude of blaming others is going to get her kids institutionalized. But I’m sure her and people like her advocate against a nuclear family. Very sad.
Mr. Thorpe is essentially saying that Ms. Walker behaved the way she did in the video because she loves her children, is my takeaway.
I love my children, too, which is why I raised them to be respectful, law abiding citizens, and productive members of society, rather than allowing them to roar through the streets, illegally, on motorcycles, where they could very easily be killed or kill someone else. The loving parent defense doesn’t work in this case, no matter which way you slice it.
My parents were smart enough never to buy me a motorcycle. I learned how to ride one from a friend of mine at age 14 who was a nice guy, but his parent’s were not that bright. Middle school boys think they are bullet and accident proof. I did real stupid stuff at that age too, but the one time the sheriff brought me home- I was riding my bike at night without a light, it was not pleasant for me, not the officers. My dad believed corporal punishment wasn’t worth it at that age. He preferred manual labor/slavery. For 30 days I hauled and wheel barreled gravel to re-surface our 1/4 access road. He had the gravel truck dump the load fifty yards from where it was needed on purpose. I said ” Do I get paid?” He said yes- ” You have a roof over your head, food, water, and your own bed. Oh yes, go get a haircut if you want dinner.”
I voted for Thorpe, I don’t recall if I voted for the crazy lady but, I now think they both should be removed from office. She is a felon who put peoples lives in jeopardy by setting to an occupied dwelling at night while the occupants were sleeping, because she had been evicted and she is raising her children to follow in her felonious footsteps. If the city council can’t remove her, the electorate should recall her. She has proved herself unchanged since her criminal convictions. And yes, I had a Cushman scooter that the cops in Ohio took from me after they caught me on the rural streets without a license and under-age. That’s what happens when we break the law. The mayor shouldn’t be standing up for her, he has no sense and should go too.
I dont know if anyone else has seen a rise in kids acting out like this since covid. Dirt bikes and other off road vehicles have no business on city streets. Poppin wheelies, acting like the kids they are is inherently dangerous for several reasons. The brazen attitude of these kids is amplified when they are being questioned.
Now in regards to the behavior of the city council and mayor, she should be censured for her actions, they are combative and not helpful. The mayor plans a trip out of country during covid? He and others like him who disregard good safety practices and abstain, instead the self entitled attitude should not be acceptable for our leaders in times like this.
I’m sure most people working in corporate America wouldn’t have such a non shellaunt attitude if we were to have been outed by our jobs for this behavior. In fact people have been terminated for such childish acts.
This isn’t a black or white thing. Its a safety and courtesy for your city, neighbors and visitors. I myself would like to throw a stick in the kids bike who drives down our street popping wheelies and scaring the life out of traffic coming in the other direction.
Please send a letter or email correspondence to the Antioch City Council at 200 H Street Antioch CA
94509 or emails on City Website – asking that the council initiate a censure hearing on the matter. There is a process and citizens should have a voice in how our elected officials represent our interests. Professionalism and good judgement should be the cornerstone of someone who
holds an office of public trust and confidence.
Contact you elected city officials, demand accountability and request a censure hearing.
I can’t STAND those two morons! Can’t stand their looks, their voices and their message! Antioch can do much better than this and we had our chance. We blew it but not entirely. What was once a nice, safe city has turned into a nightmare! What in hell happened? My relatives have lived here since the early 1900’s and saw a nice city disintegrate. Now, I (born in 1992) is watching it being destroyed!
What in hell did this woman do to her hair? Pour a gallon of red paint on it? What was she thinking? IT LOOKS LIKE BLOOD!
City Council has next meeting on Jan. 12th.
If so moved, you can send a letter to the City Council to be read at the next council meeting through the City Clerk at [email protected] in front of the entire council and city manager
Recommend not using profanity and keeping correspondence professional demanding accountability Of an elected official who holds the public’s trust.
Those two are total losers!
Lamar is not very bright and it shows! He had to open his big mouth about being “out of the country” which brought him even more criticism during this tragic pandemic time. He should have kept his mouth shut, had himself tested, quarantined himself for 14 days and then spoke out. But, no! How dumb can one get?
Hey Lamar! If you had half-a-brain, you’d remove yourself and this vile woman from Antioch’s city government, rent a U-Haul and move to Oakland where you’d feel more comfortable! And, while you’re at it, take a bunch of your buddies with you!
This was not the first time! I’ve seen her kids illegally Beebuzzing around without a care in the world, zipping in-and-out-of-traffic not paying attention to traffic signs. If they got hit by cars and badly hurt or killed, she would blame the police. If they got someone else killed due to their gross negligence, she would have blamed the police as well. That’s the kind of mindset we are dealing with. She should do the right thing and resign immediately. She’s not fit to run for dog-catcher!
Oh man…what kind of losers voted for these two losers? Much sympathy to any sane Antiochians left.
He’s an idiot, making excuses.
This is exactly what you get and what you deserve when you vote and elect a convicted felon, ghetto hood rat and a Mayor who has the intelligence level of special needs infant.
I am so embarrassed! Friends from surrounding cities (Clayton, Concord, Martinez, Moraga, Lafayette) called me asking what in hell is going on in Antioch with the foul-mouthed member of the city council and her “protector”, the so-called mayor? Some of them lived here when things were semi-normal. Now, they are glad they left. One suggestion is to start gentrifying Antioch ASAP which might drive the scumbags out and have us reclaim our city.
This is what comes from electing a felon ( arsonist) to a position of power. Ms. Walker clearly has designs on being our own version of Desley Brooks, Oakland’s premier ward boss
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW, PERIOD. I don’t care if you’re kids are the kids of a Council member, the Mayor or he President (pff!). Disgusted by these two, and this is only the beginning
You asked what happened ? Bart extension happened .
This is what “affordable housing “ does. All the ghetto rats from Richmond And Oakland have moved to east county due to the new construction and mandatory affordable housing.
The Plague!
You need to not travel to Mexico during a pandemic. That shows stupidity on your part. Most people are trying to save lives by staying home.
Unless we get rid of these totally incompetent people, Antioch will become another Oakand/Richmond/NorthBerkeley, cities the hood people have destroyed. Oakand was once a great, vibrant city and today it’s a total shithole murder capitol of America rivaling Chicago. Sure enough, right after midnight (New Years Day), someone was murdered in that city. What a way to start the new year!
These two losers, Thorpe and Walker, need to be removed and driven out of Antioch! We have enough problems here without those two adding to them.
I’ll even pay for their U-HAUL rental, gas and maybe even help them load up!
Walker made a total ass of herself as she protested in front of the Antioch PD area. She dragged that preacher in hope that he would make her appear more credible, but he made her look even worse. She would have done better contacting the police and THANKING THEM for getting her kids out of harms way. Why do these people do things BACKWARDS? Definitely NOT brainiacs!
Please let me know where to sign to recall both of these people.
Also, isn’t Ms. Walker pending a plea on arson charges in San Pablo for setting apartment complex on fire after being evicted?
These two jerks, along with the Wilson woman, have to be gotten rid of. Their presence is ruining out city. From where were they dragged into Antioch? Their types ruined other town and now they planted themselves here to continue the process. This is unacceptable. Lori and Mike are OK, but the three others are a total hindrance to any progress to be made. Our city is going BACKWARDS! Let’s do whatever it takes to rid ourselves of this pestilence!
I think Lamar “downplayed” the ghetto sewer-mouthed rant is because if he didn’t, she would call him some nasty names and kick his ass! Maybe pour a gallon of red paint on his head and set him on fire!
My comment is with regard to Tamisha Torres-Walker. I don’t care what color you are, id send this if you were white or any other race! You are a disgrace! I’m so glad we moved from Antioch 16 years ago 5 of our friends got out of Antioch also! You are a drunk….with children in the car! But you are worried about them having a confrontation with the police when they were committing a crime! My boys would’ve gotten pulled over for driving off road bike on the street! Does it matter as a council women who they could’ve hurt?? Did it matter who you hurt driving drunk? You could’ve killed your children!!! You also catch an apartment on fire occupied by people!! If the little boy didn’t alert people you could have the death of all of them in your head! Clearly you haven’t turned your life around. Now you want to fight with police and use language on social media that was disgusting! You made it very clear what kind of person you are….horrible example for your boys!!!!!!
Those two are totally disgusting creatures! We deserve better!
Seriously! We cannot afford to have our city run by total incompetents! There are three of them in that position right now and that’s just not acceptable! They must be gotten rid of one-way-or-another! Antioch has become the laughing stock now thanks to the sewer-mouthed “counciiwoman” braying like a demented banshee and a so-called mayor coming to her defense! This is beyond preposterous!
I would like to see these two, along with Monica Wilson, off the city council. Let’s get some people who are truly dedicated to the safety and health of the people of Antioch. Our children should feel safe in schools. Now, I know many parents who will be taking their children out of Antioch schools and putting them in private ones where the parents have greater control over the curriculum and safety.
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