A statement on the sheriff’s office Facebook page, the first public statement since the comments by Sheriff Kevin Clardy and others were reported by the McCurtain Gazette-News, does not address the recorded comments about killing journalists and hanging Black people.
IDABEL, Okla. The McCurtain County sheriff was suspended from the Oklahoma Sheriff s Association on Tuesday after audio recordings were released that appeared to capture county officials making violent and racist statements.
An Oklahoma sheriff’s office says a newspaper s audio recording in which the sheriff and other county officials are reportedly heard discussing killing two jo
IDABEL, OKLA. — McCurtain County officials made themselves scarce Tuesday in the wake of a weekend local newspaper story that reported some county officials had been recorded by the newspaper
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is calling for the resignation of four state officials after a local newspaper released a secret audio recording in which they appeared to discuss killing journalists and lynching Black people. “I am both appalled and disheartened to hear of the horrid comments made by officials in McCurtain County,” Stitt said in…