SC sheriff’s candidate opens race by admitting to blackface

WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — A Republican sheriff’s candidate in South Carolina opened his campaign by owning up to what he calls his mistakes: his first marriage, a traffic ticket, causing some fender-benders, losing his temper at work, and wearing blackface.
Craig Stivender says in the video posted Tuesday that transparency is essential, so he’s showing everyone a picture of himself at a law enforcement party about 10 years ago. It shows him dressed as the founder of a crime ring,