Lynching is not funny

Let’s see, he says that maybe not so many people will turn out to review a government action next time if there’s a lynching and only some people want him to resign? And there’s a council member that didn’t think he meant any harm by making a lynching joke. Then there’s the ‘Oh gosh this might upset the antique trade’ comment.
Clueless, racist or both?
Via WRAL:

Some residents are calling for the mayor of Selma to resign after he made a comment about a lynching at a town meeting – a comment the mayor says was only an unthinking joke.

Mayor Charles Hester opened a public hearing on Tuesday night by saying that he did not expect so many people to be there. He followed with the comment: “Maybe one day we’ll have a lynching, and we won’t have to worry about that anymore.”