Racist Owners At FireHouse Saloon & Grill In Virginia City Exposed After Threatening To Hang Black Man In His Backyard
A couple of establishment owners of Virginia City, Nevada, were exposed on camera hurling violent racial slurs at a man recording with a phone, and laughing about it.
Sources identified the people in the video as Gary Miller and his wife, Janice Cusack. The disturbing video begins with the victim behind the camera being told by a man in a black T-shirt "there's a hanging tree" in his "backyard."
The aggressor — shown with his middle fingers up at the start of the video — teased that the man recording was a "crying motherf*****r" after hurling racist slurs, threatening to hang him, and telling him to "get outta' here."
@unclerickyd1 This is what i had to go threw today!! Ive never felt so humiliating and disrespected in my life. #racism at his best. @NAACP @ABC News @cnbc @CBS News @TizzyEnt @Attorney Ben Crump #fypシ゚viral @CNN @Fox News ♬ original sound - UncleRicky
The man recording, identified as Uncle Ricky on TikTok, exclaimed that Gary's behavior was "horrible" and maintained that he didn't disrespect him "not once" to deserve the racist verbal abuse. "I'm not leaving — make me leave!" Ricky, an African American man, defended.
"I don't make trash — I burn it," Gary responded. "That's fifth grade," he said, prompting friends alongside him to laugh out loud. "We love it man, we love it!" Gary doubled-down. "I'm built like a lemon, you have to suck me," the bar owner continued.
Bystanders in MAGA hats joined in on the laughter before his wife, Janice, pushed him off of the sidewalk. "Get off my property," she said sternly. "I'm telling you to get off my property," she drilled before flipping her energy to say, "I love you, you're my brother," sarcastically.
"I love you baby," she continued. "Come on baby, why are you so upset?" the woman repeated, adding that Jesus loves him. One fan called the "reverse psychology" of the woman "sinister."
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The video, which has since garnered over 1.3 million views, prompted viewers to band together to leave reviews on the business and tell visitors what they've seen in the TikTok. "I feel like I was watching a horror movie. This is the scariest thing I've ever seen [crying emoji]," a viewer replied.
The horrific exchange took place during a "Hot August Nights" event, where Ricky claimed he simply asked the man if he was a registered voter, prompting him to bully and verbally abuse him before he was removed from the establishment.
After fans began to swoop in leaving terrible restaurant reviews, it appears their official Facebook has also been permanently removed. 'Yelp' received such an influx of poor reviews it temporarily shut the page down citing an "investigation" related to "media reports."
Ricky — who was seemingly distraught during the exchange — took to social media to thank those who supported him when he didn't know what else to do, and was "cornered in," during the altercation.
