Burnet County judge apologizes for 'time for a tree and a rope' comment
The top elected official in Burnet County commented on Facebook that it is "time for a tree and a rope" in a post regarding the arrest of the man suspected of killing San Antonio police Det. Benjamin Marconi this weekend, according to a screenshot of the Facebook post.
County Judge James Oakley issued a public apology about the comment Wednesday.
The post is no longer on Oakley's Facebook page, but a screenshot shows that the comment was posted from his personal account. Oakley appears to have made the comment Monday, after Otis Tyrone McKane was arrested. McKane is charged with killing Marconi. The detective was shot as he sat in his vehicle Sunday after making a traffic stop.
In addition to presiding over a five-member commissioner’s court in Burnet County, Oakley is also on the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's executive committee, the board for the Pedernales Electric Cooperative and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement's board.
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This screenshot was taken by James Walker, who previously covered Burnet County for the Burnet Bulletin newspaper.
