Oklahoma Official Resigns Over Controversial Recording.

McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings resigned after he was caught on a secret recording discussing lynching black people and hiring a hitman to kill local reporters. The conversation was recorded by a local journalist who left a recording device in a room following a county commissioner’s meeting. The recording also captured racist remarks and threats against the journalist and his son. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into the officials’ remarks, and the governor has called for their resignation.