A local newspaper says it recorded officials in rural McCurtain County talking about lynching Black people and killing a local reporter.
the AP he spoke with his attorneys twice to ensure he was not doing anything illegal by releasing the recording.Chris Willingham filed a lawsuit against Manning, the sheriff’s department and the Board of County Commissioners in federal court on the same day he recorded their remarks.
The lawsuit alleges the officials defamed him and violated his civil rights, claiming Manning accused Willingham of committing sexual crimes against children and exchanging marijuana for pornographic videos of children. Chris Willingham claims he’s being retaliated against because of an eight-part investigation, published from November 2021 to April 2022, into misconduct at the McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office.
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