The audio recordings were released by Oklahoma’s McCurtain Gazette-News which showed McCurtain sheriff and three colleagues discussing murdering journalists and Blacks
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.