Rural Nevada Sheriff Probes Potential Hate Crime After Black Man Says He Was Racially Harassed

A rural Nevada sheriff is investigating a potential hate crime after a Black man who said he was collecting signatures for a ballot measure recorded a confrontation with another man after the man told him “they have a hanging tree for people like me.”

A rural Nevada sheriff is investigating a potential hate crime after a Black man who said he was collecting signatures for a ballot measure recorded a confrontation with another man after the man told him “they have a hanging tree for people like me.”