San Jose police officer fired over 'disgusting' text messages

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A San Jose, California, police officer was fired after an investigation revealed he had sent 'disgusting text messages that demonstrated racial bias,' San Jose Chief of Police Anthony Mata said in a release Friday.

'There is zero tolerance for even a single expression of racial bias at the San José Police Department,' Mata said in the statement, adding that '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.

 

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