County officials discuss lynching black people and killing reporters

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

The governor of Oklahoma has called for the resignations of the sheriff and other top officials in a rural county after they were recorded talking about "beating, killing and burying" a father/son team of local reporters — and lamenting that they could no longer hang Black people with a “damned rope.”

Gov. Kevin Stitt called for McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy, county Commissioner Mark Jennings, sheriff's investigator Alicia Manning, and Jail Administrator Larry Hendrix to step down after the McCurtain County Gazette-News published an article over the weekend about what was captured on the recording.

Bruce Willingham, who works for his family-owned newspaper, has turned the full audio over to the FBI and the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office, his lawyers said.

Meanwhile, dozens of county residents angered by the officials' comments picketed Monday outside the headquarters of the McCurtain County Commissioners in the town of Idabel, which is about 200 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, NBC affiliate KFOR of Oklahoma Cityreported.

The latest furor erupted after Willingham, acting on a tip that the commissioners were illegally engaging in county business after the public meetings were over, left a recording device on March 6 in the commissioners' chamber, the newspaper reported.

Earlier that day, Willingham's son, Christopher Lee Willingham, who is also a reporter at the newspaper, had filed a lawsuit against Clardy, Manning and the commissioners in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma seeking unspecified damages. He claimed they were punishing him for his hard-hitting reporting by spreading "slander" about him.

When Willingham retrieved the device, he discovered that the conversation began with a grisly conversation about a fire victim being compared to "barbecue" before the group turned to talking about his son.

"My papaw would have whipped his ass, would have wiped him and used him for toilet paper," Manning said of the younger Willingham, according to the newspaper. "If my daddy hadn't been run over by a vehicle, he would have been down there."

Jennings then piped in, saying "I know where two big, deep holes are here if you ever need them."

"I've got an excavator," Clardy chimed in, according to the newspaper.

Jennings, according to the newspaper, then said he knew "two or three hit men" who belong to the Louisiana mafia.

They're very quiet guys and would cut no f---ing mercy," he reportedly said.

Manning, according to the newspaper, discussed "who would get the blame if anything was done" to Christopher Lee Willingham's wife, Angie.

When the talk turned to who might run for sheriff against Clardy, Jenning recalled how a former sheriff "would take a damned Black guy and whoop their ass and throw them in the cell."

"Yeah," Clardy replied, according to the newspaper. "It's not like that no more."

"I know," said Jennings. "Take them down to Mud Creek and hang them up with a damned rope. But you can't do that anymore. They've got more rights than we've got."

Two more batches of recordings made by Willingham are to be released soon, his lawyers said.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-county-leaders-caught-audio-talking-killing-reporters-complai-rcna80055

[ALGAYDO 35,092]

What the ****  the fact that this was discovered only because of a secret recording device  imagine all the horrible stuff that goes on behind the scenes that we will never know about 

[tylerjs 6,093]

Americans know all too well that this is far more common than most people realize. There are communities to this day that are publicly funded by KKK groups, signs up and all, mere minutes outside of major cities like Tampa. The US of yesteryear is more alive than one could hope to know, and they walk among us as if humans. Absolutely vile. Always be hyper vigilant of those around you. If it feels even the slightest bit off, run—and that’s not an exaggeration. In communities like that, there are entire towns that support this behavior and would cheer while you perished, in 2023. The US has many a sinister pocket.

[PartySick 172,517]

Not surprising at all

This country, especially red states, is a cess pit

Good news is this kind of mess is dying out. The bad news is, it's still alive

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

56 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Not surprising at all

This country, especially red states, is a cess pit

Good news is this kind of mess is dying out. The bad news is, it's still alive

It sucks cause I was born in that state 

[PartySick 172,517]

3 minutes ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

It sucks cause I was born in that state 

It's kinda funny (not really but you know) that Oklahoma's weird shape is literally due to Texas wanting to keep its slaves

Just kinda fitting, I guess

But I live in Florida, ma'am, I know how it feels to exist amongst trash

[4th Time Around 5,059]

35 minutes ago, PartySick said:

 

But I live in Florida, ma'am, I know how it feels to exist amongst trash

Florida is one of the worst states I have ever spent time in, a complete shithole. Horrible weather, dumbest traffic on planet earth, crime filled cesspit, overcrowded af, criminal minimum wage, insect torture, horrible infrastructure and filled with some of the most racist far right lunatics I have ever come across. I have never met a single person that lives in Florida who speaks highly of the state.

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

46 minutes ago, PartySick said:

It's kinda funny (not really but you know) that Oklahoma's weird shape is literally due to Texas wanting to keep its slaves

Just kinda fitting, I guess

But I live in Florida, ma'am, I know how it feels to exist amongst trash

I was born in Oklahoma and lived in Florida for 12 years, I have you beat 

[Ivy 13,720]

Wtaf 

[PartySick 172,517]

1 hour ago, 4th Street said:

Florida is one of the worst states I have ever spent time in, a complete shithole. Horrible weather, dumbest traffic on planet earth, crime filled cesspit, overcrowded af, criminal minimum wage, insect torture, horrible infrastructure and filled with some of the most racist far right lunatics I have ever come across. I have never met a single person that lives in Florida who speaks highly of the state.

I'm very happy I have a plan to move out of this state and never return

1 hour ago, Marilyn MonHoe said:

I was born in Oklahoma and lived in Florida for 12 years, I have you beat 

Try 28 years of Florida!

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,965]

This happened a few weeks ago and the county commissioner resigned. I guess the sheriff hasn't. Kind of late for the governor to call for his resignation.