Overview

• San Jose Police Officer Mark McNamara has resigned after racist text messages, including comments about hating black people, were discovered during an unrelated investigation.
• The texts revealed McNamara's attitudes towards K'aun Green, a black college football player who McNamara shot in March 2022. Green had disarmed another man during a brawl and was holding the weapon when the officer arrived.
• In addition to the racial slurs, the messages also included remarks suggesting that McNamara believed he had done Green a favor by making him 'rich' through a lawsuit Green filed against the city and the police department.
• San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata has denounced the discovered messages, assuring the public of the department's zero-tolerance policy towards racial bias and promising immediate action when such conduct is discovered.
• A second police department employee, found to have engaged in concerning dialogue with McNamara, was placed on administrative leave pending further investigations.