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The sheriff and four of his top staffers afternoon over the matter.

The audio of Sheriff Michael Saudino, who is white, was by radio station WNYC. In the recordings, Saudino could be heard complaining that New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy had mentioned criminal justice reform as part of his inauguration speech.

鈥淐hrist almighty,鈥� Saudino said. 鈥淚n other words, let the blacks come in, do whatever the f--- they want, smoke their marijuana, do this do that, and don't worry about it. You know, we'll tie the hands of cops.鈥�

According to WNYC, the conversation took place on Jan. 16 鈥� the same day Murphy was sworn in. The station said it received a copy of the recording on Wednesday, September 19, from someone who was in the room when Saudino made the comments. The station posted three snippets of the audio online.

In one portion, the sheriff could be heard complaining that the governor had appointed one of Saudino鈥檚 fellow Bergen County officials, Gurbir Grewal, as state attorney general.

鈥淗e didn't do that because of Bergen County,鈥� Saudino said. 鈥淗e did that because of the turban."

Grewal is Sikh and wears a turban as part of his religion.

Saudino also could be heard speculating whether Sheila Oliver, the state鈥檚 first black lieutenant governor, was gay.

鈥淚s she gay?鈥� he said in the recording. 鈥淏ecause she鈥檚 never been married 鈥� is she gay?鈥�

Following the release of the audio, Murphy condemned the sheriff鈥檚 comments and said Saudino needed to resign if the recordings are authentic. Grewal posted a similar .

By late in the day on Thursday, the sheriff put out a lengthy statement saying he had reached out to multiple people to apologize, according to the . He did not dispute the authenticity of the recordings.

On Friday afternoon, the sheriff's office announced that Saudino and four undersheriffs caved to the pressure and resigned. The governor will choose Saudino's replacement, .

This post was updated following Saudino's resignation.