OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has called for the resignation of several local officials following the release of a recording that allegedly captured comments he called 'hateful rhetoric' that were made at a McCurtain County commissioners' meeting.
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC NewsOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has called for the resignation of several local officials following the release of a recording that allegedly captured comments he called"hateful rhetoric" that were made at a McCurtain County commissioners’ meeting.
Willingham is currently involved in a lawsuit against county investigator Alicia Manning, the McCurtain County Sheriff's Department and the Board of County Commissioners in which he claims Manning defamed him and violated his civil rights, according to the McCurtain Gazette. "I know where two big deep holes are here if you ever need them," said one official,, according to the Gazette. Another official responds:"I’ve got an excavator."
Jennings can allegedly be heard also making racist comments in the recording, saying that"if it was back in the day" when officers"would take a damn Black guy and whoop their a-- and throw him in the cell? I’d run for f---ing sheriff."
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