Citizen Report No. 1681857978 - 886034568

Kevin Clardy

McCurtain County Sheriff's Office

108 North Central Avenue

Idabel, Oklahoma 74745

https://mccurtain.o…

Date of Offense

April 15, 2023

Offense(s)

Misconduct

Supremacy

Supporting Document(s)

Audio mp4 - Released

Oklahoman Article

Statement

Sheriff Kevin Clardy CLEET # 0033868

The McCurtain County Gazette released attached audio of county officials discussing plans to kill one of their reporters and reminiscing on the days of lynching Black people.

Investigator Alicia Manning, Jail Administrator Larry Hendrix along with District 2 County Commissioner Mark Jennings, District 3 County Commissioner Robert Beck, and Commissioner Secretary, Heather Carter were caught via a audio recording obtained by one of the reporters while they met in a local public office.

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Definition of Offense(s)

Misconduct

The term police misconduct refers to illegal or inappropriate action engaged in by law enforcement officers.

Racial supremacy activities refer to specific instances of police misconduct that involve officers promoting or acting on beliefs of superiority based on race. This can include discriminatory practices, unjustified use of force, and racist statements or actions.

Oklahoma Open Records Act

Title 51 Oklahoma Statutes § 24A.1 et seq.

The Oklahoma Open Records Act is a series of laws designed to guarantee that public has access to all public records of governmental bodies. Section 24A.2 defines records as "all documents, including, but not limited to, any book, paper, photograph, microfilm, data files created by or used with computer software, computer tape, disk, and record, sound recording, film recording, video record or other material regardless of physical form or characteristic, created by, received by, under the authority of, or coming into the custody, control or possession of public officials, public bodies, or their representatives in connection with the transaction of public business, the expenditure of public funds or the administering of public property." This specifically includes all records of the transfer of public funds.

According to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, anyone may request public records and no statement of purpose is required. However, if the purpose is commercial, fees will be charged for document collection. There is no restriction on the use of records and the law does not specify a time limit for responses to requests.

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Citizen Report No. 1681857978 - 886034568

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