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(CNN) — An Oklahoma sheriff who allegedly participated in a secretly recorded conversation that included racist remarks about lynching Black people and comments about killing journalists will not face criminal
IDABEL, Okla. -- McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy will not face criminal charges and cannot be removed from office, the state's attorney general announced Friday.
Acknowledging that the outcome may be frustrating, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said "there is no provision of law in Oklahoma to throw elected officials out of office merely for saying
McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy and other county officials allegedly were recorded discussing lynching Black people and killing local journalists after a local newspaper secretly recorded a commissioners meeting.
A sheriff in southeast Oklahoma who was among several county officials caught on tape discussing killing journalists and lynching Black people won't face criminal charges or be removed from office, the state's top prosecutor said Friday. In a letter to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said his office and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation had completed their investigation and found no legal grounds to dismiss McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy. “There are countless examples of incidents from across the country where public officials m...