The county commissioner, Mark Jennings, resigned on Wednesday after he could be heard saying in the audio that, if he could, he’d take Black residents “down to Mud Creek and hang them up with a damn rope.”
of a secret recording which captured officials talking about lynching Black people and murdering journalists. Thefirst reported on portions of the tape which captured the sick conversation that took place between McCurtain County officials after a public meeting last month.
The county commissioner,, resigned on Wednesday after he could be heard saying in the audio that, if he could, he’d take Black residents “down to Mud Creek and hang them up with a damn rope.” In the full recording, which runs for three hours and 37 minutes, Jennings also reportedly talks about buying an old military tank in order to drive into the newspaper’s building. He said he would say, “Sorry, I couldn’t stop this motherfucker” when asked to explain what happened.
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