A message issued by San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata early Friday evening confirmed a police officer involved in a shooting at a taqueria last year is no longer on the force after an internal affairs investigation revealed he sent 'disgusting' racist text messages related to the shooting.
SAN JOSE -- The statement regarding the officer misconduct investigation identified the former officer as Mark McNamara. 'Earlier this week, through an unrelated criminal investigation into one of our officers, Internal Affairs Investigators discovered that the officer had sent disgusting text messages that demonstrated racial bias,' the message from Mata read. 'Immediately, Internal Affairs initiated a separate proactive administrative investigation.
The messages were found due to the expansion of our Internal Affairs Unit's efforts to thoroughly investigate all questionable conduct and is why we have made investments in a new early warning system.' The message also noted that the investigation had determined that a second 'current employee' who was part of the exchange of messages with McNamara was 'immediately placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
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