“I’m sick of these Black bastards,” Jody Greene said in explosive remarks from 2019, according to WECT.
Columbus County Sheriff's Office
A North Carolina sheriff in a rural county is facing a firestorm over recently uncovered racist comments he made about Black deputies working under him.said in a recording of a 2019 phone call,“I’m going to clean house and be done with it,” Greene continued, as he sought to find out who in his department had apparently leaked information to two of its former members, both of whom are Black, according to the outlet.
Greene also said that “Jason’s intent with the recording was to further incite racial division and to use the racial division to pursue his personal agenda of a political run for office.”“His language is divisive, nasty, and offensive — his words are disparaging and hurtful to people of color. His actions have cast a cloud over his ability to execute the office with impartiality,” the statement said.