Local civil rights leaders are calling for a revived campaign of police reform in the South Bay. The appeal to local leaders comes in response to a pending settlement stemming from a 2022 police shooting in San Jose that left a Black college student with multiple injuries.
The proposed $8 million settlement with San Jose would resolve an excessive force lawsuit from K’aun Green, a former Bay Area high school football champion shot by now-former San Jose police officer Mark McNamara. The March 27, 2022 shooting took place moments after Green intervened in a fight inside a downtown restaurant. The City Council on Jan. 13 will consider the proposed settlement.
Sean Allen, president of NAACP San Jose/Silicon Valley, has been making the case to South Bay leaders that the settlement — which follows a racist texting scandal connected to McNamara — only underscores the need for reform…