Cops in Nevada are investigating after a Black man shared a video the place he claims a white man referred to as him racial slurs and instructed him a few “hanging tree.”
The viral footage picks up with the white man smiling and flipping off the Black man, who has since been recognized as Rick Johnson. Johnson asks the place the supposed “hanging tree” is and the white man fires again, “In your yard.”
The video was filmed Friday exterior the Firehouse Saloon in Virginia Metropolis, Nevada throughout a classic-car present referred to as “Scorching August Nights” … and Johnson says he was there registering folks to vote.
Johnson continues to movie the person, who asks him to go away. Johnson stands his floor … after which his antagonist tells him, “I do not make trash, I burn it.”
Bystanders attempt to defuse the state of affairs, however the two males maintain going at it … after which a pair girls emerge from the saloon and attempt to usher Johnson away.
He tells one of many girls … “You dad simply mentioned there is a hanging tree for n****** like me. What does that imply?”
Johnson captioned the 5-minute video … “Racism at its finest, Virginia Metropolis, Nevada.”
The Storey County Sheriff’s Workplace says they’ve acquired stories concerning the incident and have seen the video and they’re investigating.
The Sheriff says … “We on the sheriff’s workplace don’t condone or assist racism, inequality, or hate speech.”
In the meantime, Nevada Lawyer Basic Aaron D. Ford says he is “conscious of the hateful, racist incident caught on digicam in Virginia Metropolis, certainly one of Nevada’s most storied cities … I wholly condemn their actions.”
