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JACKSON, Miss. A Mississippi sheriff made a racist remark in a text message, a public records request by a local newspaper reveals, and then, when questioned about the comment, said he was "aggravated" at the time.
The Daily Journal reported Tuesday that Sheriff Jim Johnson in August 2017 "described a local white legislator as 'worse than a black person' in a text to a local official."
Johnson could not immediately be reached for comment by the Clarion Ledger on Tuesday afternoon.
The Daily Journal report comes after the newspaper recently obtained messages between Johnson and three county supervisors on the county-owned phones via a public records request. The texts date from 2017 to February.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/14/white-mississippi-sheriff-jim-johnson-sent-racist-text-lee-county/2009762001/
lark
(23,147 posts)NOW, he is not our friend and appears to be a danger to his community.
ExciteBike66
(2,371 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)Johnson was first elected sheriff in 2004. A Republican, he did not face an opponent in the August primary. He's facing a Democratic challenger, Jermandy Jackson, in the general election in November.
underpants
(182,865 posts)Im shocked SHOCKED I yell ya
CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)Anon-C
(3,430 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)uponit7771
(90,348 posts)dalton99a
(81,566 posts)Johnson was evasive in his response.
I think when you play the race card, yes, its difficult to please some people, Johnson said.
Johnson insisted that he does not hold racist or prejudiced beliefs.
LuvNewcastle
(16,849 posts)Aristus
(66,436 posts)Hekate
(90,769 posts)...make the racial reference and couldn't stop himself?