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Rural Nevada sheriff probes potential hate crime after Black man says he was racially harassed

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Summary
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65% Informative

Ricky Johnson was collecting signatures for a ballot measure in Virginia City , Nevada .

He says a white man called him a racial epithet and referenced the “hanging tree” before he started recording the encounter.

The sheriff's office says it doesn't condone racism, inequality or hate speech.

Sponsors of the 10-day Hot August Nights class car event that was being held at the time revoked the registrations of those identified in the video.

VR Score

71

Informative language

70

Neutral language

72

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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