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2022 N Carolina sheriff who disparaged Black employees resigns
https://thegrio.com/2022/10/25/n-carolina-sheriff-who-disparaged-black-employees-resigns/2022
N Carolina sheriff who disparaged Black employees resigns
“I’m sick of it. I’m sick of these Black (expletives),” ex-sheriff Jody Greene is recorded saying. “I’m going to clean house and be done with it. And we’ll start from there.”
WHITEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A suspended North Carolina sheriff has resigned in the aftermath of a leaked audio recording in which he called Black employees by derogatory names and said they should be fired, his attorney announced Monday.
Attorney Michael Mills made the announcement during a hearing on whether Jody Greene, who was elected Columbus County sheriff in 2018, should be removed from office, according to news outlets.
The recording of the phone call was given to WECT-TV by a former sheriff’s captain who’s now running against Greene to be sheriff. Located about 120 miles (193 km) southeast of Raleigh, Columbus County has about 50,000 people and is approximately 63% white and 30% Black.
Greene was also recorded as saying: “Every Black that I know, you need to fire him to start with, he’s a snake.”