‘Vile Excuses for Human Beings’: Nevada Woman Smiles In Mug Shot After Arrest with Daughter and Husband, Who Allegedly Told Black Man He Has a ‘Hanging Tree for N—ers Like You’

Mug shots for three people charged in connection to an incident in rural Nevada in which a Black man alleged that a white man made some incendiary, racist comments has gone viral as one of the suspects appeared to smile while being booked in jail. Ricky Johnson was at the Hot August Nights classic car festival in Virginia City, Nevada, on Aug. 2, collecting ballot signatures for a petition to cap attorney’s fees in the state. He began recording his encounter with several white people after he alleged that a white festivalgoer, later identified as Gary Miller, told him, “There’s a hanging tree for n—ers like (you).” Janis Miller, left, Gary Miller, top right and Tiffany Miller, bottom right, were all booked in jail by the Storey County Sheriff’s Office after an Aug. 2 confrontation with Ricky Johnson in Virginia City, Nevada. (Photos: Storey County Sheriff’s Office) Johnson asked Miller to repeat the remarks on camera. When Johnson asked where the hanging tree was, Miller replied, “In your backyard,” before calling Johnson a “crying motherf—er,” moments later. Johnson is heard loudly decrying the remarks before getting into a profanity-laced argument with a white man in a red MAGA hat. As...