The Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office is Discreet about a Black Hole allegedly filmed in a McCurtain County Auditorium

The governor of Oklahoma is calling on four McCurtain County officials to resign after the release of a secret audio recording that allegedly captured them making racist remarks about lynching Black people and talking about killing journalists.

On Monday, the sheriff’s office posted a lengthy statement to Facebook in which it said the recordings were obtained illegally and may have been altered.

“There is simply no place for such hateful rhetoric in the state of Oklahoma, especially by those that serve to represent the community through their respective office,” Stitt said in a statement, according to The Associated Press and other outlets. “I shall not stand by and watch this happen.”

Manning worried about what would happen if she ran into Willingham in the recording, which was reported by the Oklahoman.

Manning replied that he wasn’t worried about what he’d do to him, according to the Oklahoman report. I’m worried about what I might do to him. If my dad hadn’t been run over by a vehicle, he would have been down there and whipped his a**.

Jennings replied that his father was once upset by something the newspaper published and “started to go down there and just kill him,” according to the Gazette-News.

The Willingham family has been the target of intimidation, ridicule and harassment for almost a year, according to a statement from the law firm representing them.

Idabel commissioners notified by the McCurtain Gazette-News publisher that a “black guy” had violated the Open Meeting Act

“Our preliminary information indicates that the media released audio recording has, in fact, been altered. It is not known at this point what the reason for doing so is. The statement said that the matter is being investigated.

The FBI wouldn’t confirm or deny if it was involved in the investigation, but a spokeswoman said it is agency policy not to comment.

The McCurtain Gazette-News released audio recordings of the comments that were made at the public meeting.

The McCurtain Gazette- News publisher left a voice-activate recorder in the room after the county commissioners’ meeting because he suspected they had violated the state’s Open Meeting Act.

According to a transcript of the recordings, Jennings appears to say that “back in the day” someone could take a “a damn Black guy and whoop their ass and throw him in the cell,” he said.

Dozens of protesters including Idabel Mayor Craig Young were at the meeting of the McCurtain County Commission. McCurtain County has a seat called Idabel, which is located nearly 200 miles from Oklahoma City.