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Texas Judge Suggests Lynching Black Suspect, Denies Its About Race
Source: Huffington Post
Texas Judge Suggests Lynching Black Suspect, Denies It’s About Race
“Time for a tree and a rope,” Burnet County Judge James Oakley wrote on Facebook.
11/23/2016 02:11 pm ET
Nina Golgowski
Trends reporter, The Huffington Post
A Texas judge is under fire over a comment he posted to Facebook suggesting that a black man suspected of killing a local police officer should be lynched.
“Time for a tree and a rope,” he posted on Monday to the San Antonio Police Department’s Facebook page, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Burnet County Judge James Oakley took responsibility for the rash words on Wednesday. He apologized and called his language “unfortunate,” but denied that it contained any racial undertones.
“I never made that connection but I do see how somebody could make that connection and be offended towards that. That was not my intent,” he told The Huffington Post on the phone. “Maybe I watched too many Westerns when I was little.”
The article he posted contained news of an arrest made in Sunday’s shooting death of San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi. Otis Tyrone McKane, who is black, was arrested on suspicion of murdering Marconi one day after the detective, who was white, was fatally shot inside his patrol car.
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“Time for a tree and a rope,” Burnet County Judge James Oakley wrote on Facebook.
11/23/2016 02:11 pm ET
Nina Golgowski
Trends reporter, The Huffington Post
A Texas judge is under fire over a comment he posted to Facebook suggesting that a black man suspected of killing a local police officer should be lynched.
“Time for a tree and a rope,” he posted on Monday to the San Antonio Police Department’s Facebook page, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Burnet County Judge James Oakley took responsibility for the rash words on Wednesday. He apologized and called his language “unfortunate,” but denied that it contained any racial undertones.
“I never made that connection but I do see how somebody could make that connection and be offended towards that. That was not my intent,” he told The Huffington Post on the phone. “Maybe I watched too many Westerns when I was little.”
The article he posted contained news of an arrest made in Sunday’s shooting death of San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi. Otis Tyrone McKane, who is black, was arrested on suspicion of murdering Marconi one day after the detective, who was white, was fatally shot inside his patrol car.
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/judge-lynching-facebook-post_us_5835b951e4b000af95ed6964
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Source: Austin American-Statesman
Burnet County judge apologizes for 'time for a tree and a rope' comment
Katie Hall
9:21 p.m Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016
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.
The post is no longer on County Judge James Oakley's Facebook page, but a screenshot shows that the comment was posted from his personal Facebook 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 and on the board for the Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
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Katie Hall
9:21 p.m Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016
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.
The post is no longer on County Judge James Oakley's Facebook page, but a screenshot shows that the comment was posted from his personal Facebook 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 and on the board for the Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
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Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/local/burnet-county-judge-apologizes-for-time-for-tree-and-rope-comment/tFzXUHIkBYnnOO7TlWpxUJ/
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