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Man Unleashes Racist Rant At Man Driving With His Son On LI

A horrible display of racism on Long Island was caught on video. Watch it inside the story, but be warned, it is highly disturbing.

DEER PARK, NY - A video posted online of a white man using profane, racist language toward a black man driving with his son in his car on Long Island is quickly spreading across social media.

The video, posted on Facebook by Bentley Sanon Wednesday afternoon, shows a man in his car yelling at Sanon and using the N-word numerous times.

Sanon wrote that he was on his way to drop his son off when the incident occurred on Deer Park Avenue. "#blackpeoplearentbelieved," Sanon, of Huntington Station, tagged his post.

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The other man in the video, which has already been viewed more than 400,000 times on Facebook, yelled that Sanon had cut him off.

The video was shared on Twitter by Shaun King, a co-founder of Real Justice, an organization that works to "elect reform-minded prosecutors who are committed to using the powers of their office to fight structural racism and defend our communities," according to the bio on their Twitter page.

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"What's this man's name?" King, who has more than 1 million followers on Twitter, wrote. "Be a bigot and we will make you famous for it. My blood is boiling watching this."

Last week, a Long Beach man who was caught on video yelling threats and racist insults at a woman on the LIRR in April pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated harassment and disorderly conduct.

Suffolk County Police said a formal report on this incident has not made.

WARNING: Profane and disturbing language used.


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