The governor of Oklahoma has called for the resignations of the sheriff and other top officials in a rural county after they were recorded talking about “beating, killing and burying” a father/son team of local reporters — and lamenting that they could no longer hang Black people with a “damned rope.” [More]
Speaking of rope, way to give Rachel Madcow & Co. all they need to tie every Republican in with these morons.
And note the authoritarian response: They don’t deny they said it, they threaten to go after whoever “illegally” recorded it.
Seems to be a thing with a certain type…
[Via Jess]
Massachusetts cops fought for years to criminalize their victims recording them, stretching a 1960s “wiretapping” law all out of shape to cover their public interactions.