Mississippi sheriff said local politician was 'worse than a black person'

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Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson made the shocking statement in a text exchange with another local elected official that was recently obtained by the Daily Journal.

“He’s worse than a black person, your [sic] not going to please him,” Johnson wrote to Lee County District 1 Supervisor Phil Morgan in August 2017.

Johnson was referring to Hispanic Mississippi state Rep. Shane Aguirre, whom the sheriff was “aggravated” at for opposing a bill that would have green-lighted a new county jail outside Tupelo, the paper reported.

Addressing the texts in an interview with the Daily Journal, Johnson said, “I was aggravated at him.”

“There was probably no call for mentioning anything of race.”

The sheriff later told the paper he harbors no racists feelings.

https://nypost.com/2019/08/14/mississippi-sheriff-said-local-politician-was-worse-than-a-black-person/



“God made us all the same,” Johnson said. “I don’t treat anybody any different.”

[muntrv]

1. Johnson is channeling Sheriff Rainey and Cecil Price

of Neshoba county 1964.

[sandensea]

2. "us" meaning "the right people"

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Uh-huh.

[Blue_true]

3. I would not make fun of that group.

Harvesting alligators is a big business for swamp people in that state. They may vote republican, but not all of them are racist (a bit backward, maybe, though the young woman on the left could well be in college now). You should watch the show "Swamp People" if it is still running, pretty interesting people that have Black friends and some racially mixed grandchildren.

[sandensea]

4. Point well taken.

I'm changing the photo.

I lived in Mississippi for years, and got to know all kinds (or most of them, anyway).

Lots of good, progressive people in Mi'ssippi too - it's just that they know to keep their views to themselves.

"I voted for Clinton," one told me, in whispering tones.

"You did the right thing," I replied. We smiled, and left it at that.