North Carolina sheriff who quit after racist remarks gets re-elected within weeks

Jody Greene resigned on 24 October after local prosecutors filed petition to remove him

A North Carolina sheriff who resigned in late October following revelations he made racist remarks about Black employees will get his job back after voters re-elected him on Tuesday.

Jody Greene stepped down as sheriff of Columbus county on 24 October, after the local district attorney filed a petition to remove him over highly inappropriate and racially charged statements" made about Black employees in 2019.