The Granville County sheriff has been indicted for plotting to kill<\/a> a deputy who had a recording of the sheriff using a racial slur.<\/p>\n Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins is accused of urging someone to kill a deputy he thought was about to expose his alleged use of racially offensive language.<\/p>\n Wilkins was indicted Monday on two counts of obstruction of justice, prompting county leaders to call an emergency meeting for Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n According to the grand jury indictment, Wilkins both withheld knowledge of a threat against Deputy Joshua Freeman and encouraged another person to “take care of it” saying, “the only way you gonna stop him is kill him.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The sheriff is innocent until proven guilty, et cetera, et cetera<\/i>, but race is<\/i> an especially sensitive issue in Granville County; the county seat is the scene of Blood Done Signed My Name<\/i>, the infamous case of the public killing of a black military veteran just a few decades ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Granville County sheriff has been indicted for plotting to kill a deputy who had a recording of the sheriff using a racial slur. Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins is accused of urging someone to kill a deputy he thought … Continue reading \n