that former officer is mark macnamara. the racist texts were uncovered as part of an investigation into a police shooting at a san jose taqueria. macnamara was the officer involved in that. a judge ordered more text messages to be released. the new batch includes this text that reads, i hate black people more than i hate being a cop. now, macnamara's attorneys argue the texts paint a far different picture than a june 2023 deposition of officer macnamara where he was asked about the shooting. >> every time i've ever had to use force on somebody, it makes me feel bad. i don't like hurting people. i'm not a monster. i'm a human being just like everybody else in this room. >> let's bring in nbc's robert handa, who broke the story of the officer and those text messages. robert, what else did you learn from this new batch of texts? >> reporter: it's interesting. first and foremost, it sort of reinforced the tone of the initial texts that we saw, and that is kind of important. it kind of brings the sheer number of texts which cou