A group of San Jose politicians allegedly participated in an inflammatory text thread with a disgraced colleague that included racial slurs and derogatory remarks, according to law enforcement sources.
Sources say the participants in the text thread, which included councilmembers and community leaders, made the remarks while discussing city meetings and public business. Mayor Matt Mahan and the local NAACP are calling for the texts to be released and demanding transparency.
The text thread was discovered when authorities seized ex-Councilmember Omar Torres‘ phone during an investigation related to child sex crimes. The conversation included Torres and his once-allies, Councilmembers Domingo Candelas and Peter Ortiz. The group thread also allegedly included Candelas’ chief of staff Teddy Adera, Working Partnerships USA Transportation Policy Director Huascar Castro and Brenda Zendejas, community relations manager for the San Jose Downtown Association and Ortiz’s partner…