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
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.