Oklahoma Officials Caught on Tape Discussing Lynchings and Killing Journalists

A newspaper in Oklahoma has released the full audio of a secret recording which captured officials talking about lynching Black people and murdering journalists. The county commissioner, Mark Jennings, resigned on Wednesday after he could be heard saying in the audio that, if he could, he’d take Black residents “down to Mud Creek and hang them up with a damn rope.” Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has called for all of the officials in the recording to resign.