OK Sheriff Caught On Tape Threatening To Kill Reporters Says They’re Being Investigated For “Illegal” Recording

April 18, 2023 Racism, Republicans

Tulsa’s NBC affiliate reports:

Residents in McCurtain County are outraged after a newspaper article revealed racist comments and threats of murder involving county officials. The McCurtain Gazette newspaper published an audio recording they obtained where the group is heard discussing a plot to kill the publisher and his son, as well as making racist comments condoning lynching,

A large crowd gathered outside the McCurtain County Commissioners’ office during their weekly meeting Monday. Many residents are echoing Governor Kevin Stitt’s resignation calls for Sheriff Kevin Clardy, MCSO Captain Alicia Manning, Larry Hendrix (jail administrator) and County Commissioner Mark Jennings. All were absent from today’s meeting.

From the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page:



The last 72 hours have been amongst the most difficult and disruptive in recent memory. This is a very complex situation and one we regret having to address.

There is and has been an ongoing investigation into multiple, significant violation of the Oklahoma Security of Communications Act, Title 13, Chapters 176.3 and 176.4 which states that it is illegal to secretly record a conversation in which you are not involved and do not have the consent of at least one of the involved parties.

There is a significant number of victims of this criminal activity and it has taken significant effort and time to identify them and corroborate evidence.

Many of these recordings, like the one published by media outlets on Friday, have yet to be duly authenticated or validated. Our preliminary information indicates that the media released audio recording has, in fact, been altered. The motivation for doing so remains unclear at this point. That matter is actively being investigated.

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