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McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings handed in his resignation letter in the wake of a local newspaper releasing secretly-recorded audio of his discussion.
IDABEL, Okla. — A southeast Oklahoma newspaper on Thursday released what it says is the full recording of county officials discussing killing local journalists, lynching Black people, animosity with the
Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has called for McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy to resign, is now seeking legal action that may lead to his ouster.
One down and three to go is how the situation is seen by Oklahoma State Conference NAACP President Anthony R. Douglas. These comments are pointed at McCurtain County officials who were caught on audio mentioning the lynching of a black man and an alleged murder plot.
More than a year after Bobby Barrick died after an incident in McCurtain County, Tulsa-based attorney Mitchell Garrett filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of his client and Bobby’s wife.