‘N-Word’ Recording Revealed In Podcast By Incoming Ceres City Council Member John Osgood

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CERES (CBS13) — An incoming Ceres City Council subordinate who was caught utilizing the n-word has present been booted from his station earlier adjacent being sworn in.

The racist connection was discovered successful a podcast recorded by John Osgood successful February.

Video of a assembly gathering video shows Osgood interviewing for an unfastened assembly spot successful November.

“My sanction is John Osgood, I’ve been a life-long nonmigratory of Ceres,” Osgood said successful the video. “I’m a nonstop descendant of 8 members of the Mayflower.”

The assembly voted him successful 3-1 2 weeks ago. Now, it’s rescinded the determination unanimously aft proceeding Osgood usage the n-word respective times successful his ain podcast recording.

Ceres Mayor Javier Lopez says the full assembly listened to the signaling unneurotic aft respective section newspapers brought it to their attention.

“I’ll archer you however I felt successful the moment: My tummy was churning,” Mayor Lopez said. “And it truly deed hard particularly with him saying the n-word with the hard ‘r’.”

The Modesto-Stanislaus NAACP is commending the determination by the assembly to reverse its assignment of Osgood.

“The bottommost enactment is it’s a derogatory connection and truthful it got our attention,” Modesto Stanislaus NAACP President Wendy Byrd said.

“That connection has a precise stinging effect from galore years ago, and we person a procreation of radical that are trying to determination past that,” Modesto Stanislaus NAACP Chair Samuel White-Ephraim said.

Osgood released a connection reading, successful part:

“The Ceres City Council’s determination to rescind my assembly assignment represents the worst of today’s cancel civilization hysteria and is based connected an inaccurate and defamatory portrayal of my character.”

A podcast revealing an appointed assembly member’s racist connection connected the grounds has led to this swift metropolis assembly reversal.

“I privation the radical of Ceres to recognize that you person a metropolis assembly and a politician that does listen, and volition close a incorrect erstwhile necessary,” Mayor Lopez said.

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A caller assembly assignment has present been made for the unfastened spot and that campaigner is acceptable to beryllium voted connected adjacent month.