HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A social media video of a truck driver engaging with landfill workers in Haywood County has led to massive backlash and concern across the country. The video, which surpassed millions of views on TikTok, has been taken down as of Wednesday, July 30.
Here’s what we’ve learned about the incident:
The viral video, filmed and posted by @noturningback_98 with the name “BossedUpp Ent,” on TikTok, involves a Black trucker videotaping what he described as an aggressive encounter with landfill workers. In the video, it is not entirely clear what preceded the taping, nor what followed after the video ended…