The investigation was initiated after two former officers, Cody Weldin and Christopher Tomsic, responded to a Jan. 2020 call that ended with a car being towed from the scene, and the officers allegedly spray-painted a swastika and "happy face" inside the car.

At least 85 criminal cases have been thrown out, with potentially hundreds more in jeopardy amidst an investigation into racist, anti-semitic and homophobic text messages sent by at least 12 current and former police officers of the Torrance, California police department.

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Hundreds of criminal cases could be in jeopardy after a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed offensive texts sent by several Torrance police officers.