Sheriff Caught Making Racist Statements Resigns

Essence Magazine:

By Malaika Jabali· Updated October 24, 2022

Jody Greene, a Columbus County sheriff in North Carolina,has resigned from his from office on Monday after he was captured making racist statements about his Black employees.

Greene was scheduled for a hearing Monday based on a petition to remove him from office. He submitted his resignation, effective immediately, before the hearing’s first witness was set to appear.

In September during the county’s

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