Oklahoma Officials Resign and Suspended Over Violent and Racist Comments Caught on Recording.
TL;DR
McCurtain County District 2 Commissioner Mark Jennings has resigned after allegedly being caught on a recording discussing the murder of journalists and lynching Black Oklahomans with members of the McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office. The controversy began over the weekend when the McCurtain Gazette-News reported District 2 Commissioner Mark Jennings, Investigator Alicia Manning, Jail Administrator Larry Hendrix and Sheriff Kevin Clardy were recorded during a conversation on March 6 at a meeting of the county Board of Commissioners.
- McCurtain County commissioner resigns amid alleged murder, lynching comments caught on recording KFOR Oklahoma City
- Oklahoma sheriff says recording of killing talk was illegal The Associated Press
- Audio captures Oklahoma officials' violent, racist comments MSNBC
- Oklahoma sheriff, 2 staffers recorded discussing lynching Black people are suspended from sheriffs' association NBC News
- Oklahoma official who discussed killing journalists resigns Axios
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