Oklahoma Official Resigns Over Lynching and Killing Comments
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McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings has resigned after he and three other county officials were recorded discussing lynching Black people and hiring hitmen to murder local reporters. The group also joked about the body of a woman who had been killed in a house fire. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt called for the resignations of all four individuals and condemned their hateful rhetoric.
- Oklahoma Official Caught on Tape Fantasizing About Lynching Black People Resigns Rolling Stone
- Newspaper releases full audio of alleged conversation made by McCurtain County officials KXII
- Oklahoma county commissioner resigns after leak of audio discussing killing journalists, lynchings Fox News
- Oklahoma Official Quits After Secret Recording About Lynching Black People The Daily Beast
- Mark Jennings, Oklahoma County commissioner who discussed lynching Black people and killing reporters resigns CBS News
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