went to that meeting to cover it, and after the meeting the longtime publisher of the paper, bruce willingham decided he was going to do something out of the ordinary he decided to leave a voice activated recorder inside the room where the commission meets and the reason he did that is because he suspected that the county commission in mccurtain county was continuing to do county business after the meeting had ended, and that would have been in violation of the state's open meeting act this publisher from a local paper essentially thought that the commission was trying to do business affecting the people of the county without looping the public in to what they were doing and that is something that is not allowed under state law, so this publisher, bruce willingham, he made sure what he was doing was on the up and up when he left that recorder and told the associated press i talked on two different occasions to our attorneys to make sure i wasn't doing anything illegal but he left the recorder there it's voice activated and then he went back and collected it and when he collected that recorder

people like bruce willingham. "mccurtain gazette-news" out of middle-of-nowhere oklahoma. bruce suspected that local officials were continuing to conduct county business after meetings had ended, so he secretly recorded them. when he played the tape back, he heard them talking about his son, who was also a reporter, and it was not flattering. >> the recordings captured the group talking about hiring hitmen to kill the reporters and where the bodies could be hidden. >> i've known two or three hitmen that were very quiet guys. >> yeah? >> and would cut no [bleep] mercy. >> yeah. >> i know where two big deep holes are here if you ever need 'em. >> i've got an excavator. >> well, these are already pre-dug. [audience reacts] >> jordan: holy shit. you can threaten to kill journalists in a council meeting. keep that shit on twitter like a normal person. although, you can tell that some people were a little more integral to this plot than others. because one guy was like, "i know two hitmen," and another guy is like, "and

county officials discussed killing burying gazette reporters and bruce and kris willingham, the fathernd son reporting team at the heart of this story, published the recordings that they say involved five curtain county officials to back up their story . i was expecting it, you know, chitter chatter stuff about county business. isn't staff and that's how it started. and then it got down to the extremely serious stuff, the paper reported. sheriff kevin clarkie was joined in the march 6th meeting by two other sheriff's department officials as well as to county commissioners. they were talking about killing me and my son. very quiet, guys. yeah but no person. in louisiana because it's all mafia around. yeah recordings captured the group talking about hiring hitmen to kill the reporters and where the bodies could be hidden around it. it will i told you will know where to dig deep holes are escalator. bruce willingham says he legally recorded the conversation because he was looking to prove that county officials were violating open public meeting laws but was stunned at what he actually cap

the sheriff instead accused the publisher of the mccurtain gazette-news bruce willingham of making the recording illegally and predicted he would face felony charges. willingham and his son, whose potential murders were discussed in the tape, have turned the recordings over to the fbi and the oklahoma attorney general's office. in georgia, an independent autopsy has revealed an activist who was fatally shot by atlanta police in january was struck by at least 57 bullets. 26-year-old manuel esteban terÁn, known as tortuguita, was killed as police raided an encampment of forest protectors opposing the construction of atlanta's $90 million police training center dubbed "cop city." no officers have been charged over the killing. meanwhile, at least 42 activists arrested while protesting cop city face state charges of domestic terrorism. in kansas city, missouri, the white homeowner accused of shooting a black teenager who rang his doorbell by mistake pleaded not guilty wednesday to charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. prosecutors say 84-year-old andrew lester exchanged

curtain county, oklahoma, allegedly talking about hiring hitmen to kill newspaper publisher bruce willingham and his son, reporter chris willingham was complete shock. no. i couldn't believe it. yeah i've been taking it seriously. willingham owns the curtain gazette, which released the recording, he's secretly recorded the county officials following a commission meeting last month left a recorder going after i left the room the officials allegedly heard on the recording arma curtain county sheriff kevin clark district to commissioner mark jennings, sheriff's investigator alicia manning. in jail administrator larry hendricks. according to a cnn affiliate, the willingham have written at least 30 articles alleging corruption involving the curtain county sheriff's office they were talking about. killing me and my son. they're insignificant in my life. scientists around goes around it. the people on the recording can be heard talking about digging two holes. deep holes are ever needed escalator. these are three done, and it doesn't stop there on that same audio recording, the people talking share

curtain county, oklahoma, allegedly talking about hiring hitmen to kill newspaper publisher bruce willinghamnd his son, reporter chris willingham was complete shock. no. i couldn't believe it . yeah i've been taking it seriously. willingham owns the mccarten gazette, which released the recording he's secretly recorded the county officials following a commission meeting last month left a record or going after i left the room officials allegedly heard on the recording arm occurred in county sheriff kevin cloudy district commissioner mark jennings. sheriff's investigator alicia manning. in jail administrator larry hendricks. according to cnn affiliate the willingham have written at least 30 articles alleging corruption involving the curtain county sheriff's office. they were talking about killing me and my son significant in my life. around it on the recording can be heard talking about digging two holes. holes are here. later these are three done. it doesn't stop there on that same audio recording, the people talking shared their dismay that lynching black people is no longer acceptable. today

county officials discussed killing burying gazette reporters and bruce and kris willingham, the fatherd son reporting team at the heart of this story, published the recordings that they say involved five curtain county officials to back up their story . i was expecting it, you know, chitter chatter stuff about county business. isn't staff and yeah, and that's how it started . and then it got down to the extremely serious stuff, the paper reported. sheriff kevin clarkie was joined in a march 6th meeting by two other sheriff's department officials as well as to county commissioners. they were talking about killing me and my son. three hitman quiet guys. but no person. louisiana because it's all mafia. random recordings captured the group talking about hiring hitmen to kill the reporters and where the bodies could be hidden. around it. it will i told you will know where to dig deep holes over here in eagle, okay, better. these are pre dug. willingham says he legally recorded the conversation because he was looking to prove that county officials were violating open public meetings. laws. b