The organization said that no Hot August Nights representatives volunteers or staff appear in the video. It says the people wearing badges were participants.

Hot August Nights has released a statement saying that people in the video have been identified and their Hot August Nights registration have been revoked.

The video was recorded in Virginia City during the Hot August Nights event and has more than 470,000 views.

The video was posted by TikTok user unclerickyd1.

A video posted on TikTok has been going viral.

In the video a black man is recording a group of peopl and starts yelling claiming they were making racist comments toward him.

He claims that one man told him there was a hanging tree down the street for along with using a racist slur.

After a pair of minutes a lady exits the Firehouse Saloon and escorts the man off the property.

The man recording asks her repeatedly not to touch him. She repeats that she loves him and he is her brother and leads him to a sheriff.

Rumors are circulation on social media that few of people being filmed are affiliated with the Firehouse Saloon the company made a Facebook post adding those people in video are absolutely %100 Not US.

Upon reaching the sheriff the man starts crying and explaining the situation to those surrounding him.

One Woman says ” Im so sorry this happened to you” and offers him a hug.

Following the even Hot August Nights will further evaluate the Virginia City venue. We are committed to ensuring safety and integrity at all our events and will take action to remove individuals who diminish or harm others.

We believe taking these steps is crucial to show our participants volunteers and attendee that such behaviour will not be tolerated.

Hot August Nights revealed Sunday it has revoked registration for people show in a Friday confrontation in a Virginia City viral video.

The Storey County Sheriff Office said Saturday the incident is being investigated. In it TikTok user unclerickd 1 protest what he described as comments by at least one person in Virginia City there was a hanging tree for people like him.

Hot August Nights said those in the video have been identified.

The sheriff office said it does not condone or support racism inequality or hate speech.

We want to clarify that there were no Hot August Night representatives volunteers or staff present in video or involved in situation.

Following the event Hot August Nights will evaluate the Virginia City venue.

We are committed to ensuring integrity and safety at all our events and will take action to remove individuals who diminish or harm others.