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Beau of The Fifth Column

Let's talk about some closure in Oklahoma....

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

Society & Culture

4.8965 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about some closure in Oklahoma....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk

0:06.9

about a story out of Oklahoma, McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

0:16.2

And this is a long running story. It broke back in April of 2023.

0:29.1

And we finally have a little bit of well closure to it. Okay so what happened back in April of 2023 a recording surfaced.

0:35.0

This recording was alleged to have a number of county officials on it and the statements that were allegedly

0:52.2

on the recording they that were

0:55.0

described as appalling,

0:59.0

a warrant, just all kinds of things.

1:03.0

Some of it was dark humor.

1:06.0

Some of it was dark humor.

1:09.0

Some of it was way more serious.

1:14.0

The allegation is that at one point,

1:18.0

some of them were lamenting

1:20.0

the fact that they couldn't just go out and beat black people and hang them anymore.

1:30.6

There was also an allegation saying that on the recording it certainly appeared

1:36.7

that they wanted to permanently remove a journalist. It was a big deal when the story broke. The governor got

1:47.9

involved, called for basically anybody who was on the tape called for their

1:52.1

immediate resignations.

1:54.9

A number of investigations were launched, the attorney general got involved, but at the end of it,

2:01.7

the attorney general determined that while the statements were what

2:06.2

they were, there was nothing illegal about it.

2:12.1

And the sheriff, Kevin Clardy, well he didn't resign.

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