Reporter its not just isolated to the four officers under investigation. Was this is a culture of racism that is baked into the structure of the San Jose Police department. Reporter he says is time to clean house from top to bottom. Truck fire every officer, dismantle the department and invite the community to have a larger conversation of what Public Safety for all means. I think without overhaul there is not going to be a change. True the president of the naacp incident, valley says this has eroded any trust in the Police Department. Voice decertification needs to happen because they will take a lateral or transfer. Reporter they say the city should also reexamine the criminal cases that involve the affected officers. With these Police Officers are just racist inside her head. They have vocalized their racism online explicitly. Without shame and even engaged in threat of violence. The mayor says he wont dismantle the Police Department. Hes pushing for reforms that will make it easier
Area Lgbtq Community this as a San Francisco landmark gets ready to shine bright. Plus covid19 nightmare, the United States setting a record for most infections over a 24 hour period. How states hit the hardest are reacting this weekend. Good evening, im ken wayne and i pale more thank you for joining us for kron 4 news tonight at 8 our top story tonight accused of making racist remarks San Jose Police officers under investigation tonight, the mayor of san jose not now calling for them to be fired. The Investigation Centers around racist posts made on a closed Facebook Page for active officers have been placed on administrative leave kron fours dan thorn is getting reaction from the mayor tonight, he joins us now live from san jose with the latest well can alleged posts ended coming from former and current Police Officers. The mayor has been calling comments disturbing hes asking for a full investigation. Well the police chief is asking for help from the feds. A handful of San Jose Pol
Investigation into the comments expressed in a closed facebook page. The page has apparently made up of former and Current Police officers, the comments were anti muslim at all so called black lives matter activists quote domestic enemies can help those officers on art. On the force and they need to be fired immediately. And we need a full investigation understand who else was involved for how long and officers knew the San Jose Police Officers Association echoed the mayors comments calling the group in online ring of hate there is no place. In our Police Department or or union for racists. Theyre bigots. A president paul kelly says the union will not protect any of the officers involved. We will not represent you. You do not represent us. Well the Police Department here is seeking help from federal investigators the fbi is right now helping out the long beach Police Department because 3 former officers there have also made violent social media threats against black activist shaun king
Favro. Reporter mayor liccardo says the officers involved should be fired, and tonight hes calling for a thorough investigation to see if there are even more Police Officers involved than the four placed on administrative leave. Four active and several retired san jose Police Officers are accused of posting racist, antimuslim comments, including mocking black lives matter, on a closed facebook page. Tonight the executive director of the Bay Area Council on islamic relations says she is disgusted by the posts but not surprised. We are calling for these officers to be terminated. On top of that, we want to be clear to warn any Police Departments across Northern California to not at all consider rehiring these Police Officers. Reporter san jose mayor sam liccardo is calling for an investigation to see if even more officers are involved. Any officers directly involved in this kind of racist or islamaphobic behavior should be fired. Now, obviously were going to learn a lot more through this
As a covid19 outbreak continues at san quentin state prison, plans to transfer inmates have halted. Police officers put on leave for allegedly making homophobic comments online. Get ready for a pretty windy one as well. Abc 7 news at 11 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Four San Jose Police officers have been placed on administrative leave. This comes amid an investigation into a private face Group Facebook group, where current and retired Law Enforcement officers, allegedly, shared bigoted and racist comments. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Civil Rights Groups are now demanding, not only a fast investigation but, changes from the department. Abc 7 News Reporter joins us live from the newsroom with more on this story. The president of the San Jose Police union says he plans to expel every retired and active member from the union who participated in the private Facebook Group which was us