SABA-NC is extremely disturbed at the conduct of active duty and retired San Jose Police who maintained a racist Facebook group targeting the Muslim community and other minority groups. The comments by these officers are violent, cruel, and undoubtedly racist. The news was first exposed by San Jose Inside
here and subsequently reported in the New York Times
here.
Many SABA members are part of the Muslim community. The thought that any religious group, including members of our own community, would be hatefully singled out by those sworn to protect them is disheartening. We call upon San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and Police Chief Eddie Garcia to examine, as part of their investigation into these officers’ conduct, to what extent, if any, these racist sentiments have resulted in the targeting of the Muslim and other minority communities by the San Jose Police Department.
