SAN JOSE SPOTLIGHT IS SUING San Jose City Hall and the city’s police department after they repeatedly refused to release an inflammatory text thread involving several councilmembers.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday last week seeks the disclosure of “Tammany Hall” — a group chat that allegedly involved Councilmembers Peter Ortiz, Domingo Candelas and former Councilmember Omar Torres, who was arrested last year in connection with child sex crimes and lewd acts with a minor. Law enforcement sources told this news publication the thread included racial slurs and disparaging remarks about certain neighborhoods. The texts were allegedly discovered on Torres’ phone during his criminal investigation and shared with top officials at City Hall.
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