Calls for Resignation and Suspension of Oklahoma Officials Over Racist Comments and Discussions.

An Oklahoma county commissioner, Mark Jennings, has resigned after being secretly recorded making racist comments about lynching Black residents and killing reporters. The governor had called for his resignation, along with the resignations of Sheriff Kevin Clardy and two other sheriff’s department employees. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe into the matter. The recording was made by a reporter from the McCurtain County Gazette-News, and the full audio is planned to be released on Thursday. The Oklahoma Sheriffs’ Association has suspended Clardy, Manning, and Hendrix from the organization.