Oklahoma Officials Resign After Secret Recordings Expose Scandals.
TL;DR
McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings resigned after recordings surfaced of him and other county officials making racist remarks and discussing killing journalists and Black people. The recordings were captured by a reporter with the McCurtain Gazette after a county commissioner’s meeting back in early March. Both federal and state authorities are investigating. The comments also sparked protests in the county in eastern Oklahoma. The McCurtain County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that the recordings were altered, involved many victims and were illegal.
- McCurtain County commissioner resigns after recording scandal KOCO Oklahoma City
- An Oklahoma Newspaper's Secret Recording Prompts Calls for Officials to Resign The New York Times
- Oklahoma sheriff, 2 staffers recorded discussing lynching Black people are suspended from sheriffs' association NBC News
- Oklahoma official who discussed killing reporters resigns The Associated Press
- Audio captures Oklahoma officials' violent, racist comments MSNBC
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