Mississippi sheriff fired after footage of him bragging about shooting a black man more than 100 times leaked
According to the WLBT, a white Mississippi sheriff was fired this week after a secret tape recorded him using racial slurs and bragging about killing people in the ring. duty performance.
Sam Dobbins, former Sheriff of Lexington, MS, can be heard saying he killed 13 people and shot a Black man more than 100 times in the audio track. During part of a 16-minute recording, he heard the statement:
I shot it n—– 119 times, OK?
Recording Sam Dobbin’s conversation
First reported by the Mississippi Investigative Correspondent Center, Dobbins stated that he would smash suspects through windows if they were “out of line.”
When Dobbins was contacted by the media about his racial slurs and murder claims, he responded:
I don’t say so.
The audio was leaked by a former Black officer, Robert Lee Hooker, who gave the recording to an international human rights and civil rights organization, JULIAN. Then the organization announced it to the media.
Lexington butchers, blacks representing 80% of the population, voted to fire Dobbins in a session that lasted about an hour.
Hooker, who was responsible for the leaked audio, secretly recorded Dobbins and shared the video after he resigned for the second time.
According to USA Today:
… Before resigning for the second time, Hooker secretly taped conversations with the sheriff, Wright said.
Interim Sheriff Charles, Henderson, who is black, told USA Today that the language Doggin used in the recording “is something I don’t normally use and I don’t want anyone working under me.” use.”
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