Calls for Resignation and Lockdown in McCurtain County Amid Threatening Comments and Accusations.
TL;DR
More than a hundred people gathered outside the McCurtain County Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma to call for the resignation of Sheriff Kevin Clardy and other county officials after a recording of disturbing comments surfaced. The governor of Oklahoma and the mayor of Idabel are also calling for their resignations after a reporter at the McCurtain Gazette-News made the recording in question, in which those involved could be heard discussing plans to murder two Gazette reporters, Chris and Bruce Willingham, after a commission meeting on March 6. The governor is also calling on the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to look into the recorded comments.
- Hundreds gather at McCurtain Co. Sheriff’s Office to call for resignation of sheriff, others over recording of threatening comments KSLA
- Oklahoma sheriff, commissioner, accused of discussing killing a reporter and returning to Black hangings Oklahoman.com
- Stitt calls for resignations after McCurtain County leaders recorded talking about killing reporters KOCO Oklahoma City
- McCurtain County residents demand Sheriff, Commissioner’s resignation KFOR Oklahoma City
- McCurtain Memorial Hospital to go on lockdown as a precaution for potential protests KTUL
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